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T�tulo: The Business of Marriage: Transformations in Oceanic Matrimony (ASAO MONOGRAPH)
Editor: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
Fecha de publicaci�n: 1993
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0822955113
ISBN 13: 9780822955115
Encuadernaci�n: Encuadernaci�n de tapa blanda
Estado: Good

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This collection of essays represents a cross-cultural examination of the transformation of indigenous marriage patterns among South Pacific peoples in response to modernising forces such as colonial governments, urbanisation, the establishment of a cash economy, compulsory education and the changing roles of women. The essays explore societies in Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. The field-work ranges from the study of bride-wealth inflation in the highlands of Papau, New Guinea - where contact with the Western world is quite recent - to marrying for resident visas in urban Fiji. Although it is unlikely that a standardised form of marriage will emerge in Oceania, "The Business of Marriage" presents data to suggest that the institution of marriage across the vast Pacific, with its myriad peoples and cultures, is becoming less and less disparate. In each of the societies presented in this work, the Pacific islanders themselves realize that their respective traditional marriage patterns have changed in recent years and that the changes were brought about by events over which they had little or no control.

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