This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia-w...

Throughout the Pacific, cultural heritage is both a powerful idiom in post-colonial state-making,...

Louis Dumont's concept of hierarchy continues to inspire social scientists. Using it as their sta...

This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia-w...

Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the po...

Throughout the Pacific, cultural heritage is both a powerful idiom in post-colonial state-making,...

Juxtaposes case studies from Melanesia and Africa in order to better compare, contrast, and illum...

Juxtaposes case studies from Melanesia and Africa in order to better compare, contrast, and illum...

Juxtaposes case studies from Melanesia and Africa in order to better compare, contrast, and illum...

Juxtaposes case studies from Melanesia and Africa in order to better compare, contrast, and illum...

Louis Dumont's concept of hierarchy continues to inspire social scientists. Using it as their sta...