Rethinking the Trobriand Exchange

Autores/as

  • Marcos Lanna

DOI:

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

Palabras clave:

exchange, economic anthropology, kula

Resumen

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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Biografía del autor/a

  • Marcos Lanna
    Recém-Doutor da Unicamp

Publicado

1992-12-04

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Cómo citar

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