Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People

by Roy A. Rappaport

Book Overview

Examines the religious behavior among the natives of New Guinea, discusses the economic and ecological factors affecting their culture, and discusses the effectiveness of functional analysis. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300013787
• ISBN13: 9780300013788
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book

May well be the best book I've ever read about a pig related monetary system.