Inalienable possessions the paradox of keeping-while-giving - Weiner, Annette B. (Berkeley, California University of California Press, 1992)
Inalienable possessions : the forgotten dimension -- Reconfiguring exchange theory : the Maori Hau -- The sibling incest taboo : Polynesian cloth and reproduction -- The defeat of hierarchy : cosmological authentication in Australia and New Guinea bones and stones -- Kula : the paradox of keeping-while-giving.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index.
Keywords: Ceremonial exchange -- Oceania; Women -- Oceania -- Economic conditions; Women -- Oceania -- Social conditions; Economic anthropology -- Oceania -- Methodology