Rethinking the Trobriand Exchange

Authors

  • Marcos Lanna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.1992.111333

Keywords:

exchange, economic anthropology, kula

Abstract

The article 'discusses The Argonauts of the Western Pacific and its purpose is to reinterpret some of Malinowski's descriptions of the exchange process and Kula. Working with some ideas developed by various authors (as Lévi-Strauss and his conception of exchange as being one universal principal of human thinking) the author discusses some positions taken by Malinowski and conclu<.les the essay redefining the Kuía as des the essay redefining the Kula as “ a hierarchy series of exchange spheres”.

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Author Biography

  • Marcos Lanna
    Recém-Doutor da Unicamp

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Published

1992-12-04

Issue

Vol. 35 (1992)

Section

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How to Cite

Lanna, M. (1992). Rethinking the Trobriand Exchange. Revista De Antropologia, 35, 129-148. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.1992.111333