From Muyuw to the Trobriands: Transformations Along the Northern Side of the Kula Ring

By Frederick H. Damon

The Kula Ring is the name given to a regional exchange system among islands off Papua New Guinea. Bronislaw Malinowski's classic research in the Trobriand Islands has described a representative culture of that region; now Frederick Damon examines relationships within and between cultural forms found on Muyuw (Woodlark) Island and the Trobriands to propose that the several societies on the northern arc of the Kula Ring can be viewed as variants or "transformations" of one underlying structure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816511918
• ISBN13: 9780816511914
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"