Munn, Nancy D.,

The fame of Gawa : a symbolic study of value transformation in a Massim (Papua New Guinea) society / Nancy D. Munn. - Durham : Duke University Press, 1992. - xviii, 331 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Originally published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986. (The Lewis Henry Morgan lecture ; 1976) Revision and expansion of the author's lectures originally given at the University of Rochester on Nov. 2, 4, 9, and 11, 1976.

0822312700 (pbk. : acidfree paper)


Massim (Papua New Guinean people)
Ceremonial exchange--Papua New Guinea.
Values--Case studies.
Social change--Case studies.

200 / MUN