Obligation to Reciprocate and the Question of Debt. The Tee of the Enga (highlands of New Guinea): A Ceremonial Exchange

Following Malinowski and Mauss, ceremonials exchanges often have been analysed in terms of « exchange of gift ». This has led generally to consider the economy of the Melanesians societies in a unique sense and to rule out the variability of the exchange modalities which characterize any kind of soc...

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