Ritual energy and social life : the importance of mutuality /

This book takes up a controversial theme in the analysis of practices of gift exchanges, including places in Highlands societies of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the theory of "costly signaling." In this theory, costly signals are deployed in social relations as a means of establishing cre...

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Main Authors:	Strathern, Andrew (Author), Stewart, Pamela J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2025].
Series:	Carolina Academic Press ritual studies monographs.
Subjects:	Ceremonial exchange > Cross-cultural studies. Wealth > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies. Material culture > Cross-cultural studies. Mutualism > Cross-cultural studies.

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