Cultural Anthropology |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 6
Page 140
... potlatch enhanced a per- son's reputation . Prestige increased with the lavishness of the potlatch , the value of the goods given away in it . The potlatching tribes , especially the Kwakiutl , began to trade with Europeans ( fur for ...
... potlatch enhanced a per- son's reputation . Prestige increased with the lavishness of the potlatch , the value of the goods given away in it . The potlatching tribes , especially the Kwakiutl , began to trade with Europeans ( fur for ...
Page 141
... potlatches . Until recently , many scholars regarded Kwakiutl potlatching as economi- 15 Stuart Piddocke , " The Potlatch System of the South- ern Kwakiutl : A New Perspective , " in Andrew P. Vayda , ed . , Environment and Cultural ...
... potlatches . Until recently , many scholars regarded Kwakiutl potlatching as economi- 15 Stuart Piddocke , " The Potlatch System of the South- ern Kwakiutl : A New Perspective , " in Andrew P. Vayda , ed . , Environment and Cultural ...
Page 142
... potlatch- ing , but it also has comparative value because it helps us understand similar blowouts and multicentric economies throughout the world . This is the new interpretation : Such institutions as the potlatch are adaptations to al ...
... potlatch- ing , but it also has comparative value because it helps us understand similar blowouts and multicentric economies throughout the world . This is the new interpretation : Such institutions as the potlatch are adaptations to al ...
Common terms and phrases
adaptation Africa agriculture ancestors animals anthro apes Applied Anthropology areas Arembepe associated band behavior Betsileo biological Brazil Brazilian bridewealth Buganda cargo cults chiefdoms chimpanzees chimps complex contemporary contrast cross cousins cross-cultural cultivation descent groups developed Disney economic environment ethnic ethnographic Etoro evolution example exogamy female field food production foragers gathering genetic Homo horticulture household human hunting incest increase individuals kinship terminology labor land language learning lineages linguistic live Madagascar male marriage McDonald's means ment nations native natural nonindustrial nuclear family Nuer organization parents patrilineal patterns peasants percent political pologists Polyandry polygyny population potlatch poverty primates relationship relatives religion religious ritual sex roles sexual share similar sisal social sociolinguistics specific strategy structure taboo tion traditional tribal societies tribes tural ture tween United University Press urban variation village wealth women Yanomamo York