M J Meggitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 20011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M J Meggitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | M J |
| FAMILY NAME | Meggitt |
| SIGNATURE | MEGGITT M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 143 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Notes on the Malngjin and Gurind3i Aborigines of Limbunya, N.W. Northern Territory
Enga Political Organization. A Preliminary Description.1
Injured Husbands and Wounded Wives: Mae Enga Responses to Adultery
The Rainbow Serpent: A Chromatic Piece. Ira R. Buchler , Kenneth Maddock
“Pigs Are Our Hearts!”: T he T e E xchange C ycle among the M ae E nga of N ew G uinea 1
The Sun and the Shakers: A Millenarian Cult and Its Transformations in the New Guinea Highlands 1
The Sun and the Shakers: A Millenarian Cult and Its Transformation in the New Guinea Highlands
System and subsystem: The Te exchange cycle among the Mae Enga
Pigs, Pearlshells, and Women: Marriage in the New Guinea Highlands
This article examines the complex interrelationship between pig husbandry, the circulation of pearlshells, and marriage practices among the Mae Enga of the New Guinea Highlands. The authors argue that these three elements are integral to the socio-economic structure of Mae Enga society. Pig feasts, facilitated by the accumulation of valuable pearlshells, are essential for establishing and maintaining social status and alliances, particularly in t…
Neighbors: The Social Contract in a Castilian Hamlet.Susan Tax Freeman
Other: Kimberley Region: An Annotated Bibliography. B eryl F. C raig , comp
Gods, Ghosts and Men in Melanesia
Uses of literacy in New Guinea and Melanesia
The pattern of leadership among the mae-enga of new guinea
Taking as its starting point the problem of achievement-and-ascription in New Guinea societies, this paper focuses on traditional leadership among the Mae-Enga of the western Highlands. Here, followers demand and create leaders rather than vice versa. In times of stress, structural oppositions of agnatic segments at various levels discourage the persistence of factions within them by demanding corporate action; but periods of peace afford opportu…
Gadjari Among the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
Gadjari Among the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
Gadjari Among the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
Gadjari Among the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
Gods Ghosts and Men in Melanesia
Gods, Ghosts and Men in Melanesia: Some Religions of Australian New Guinea and the New Hebrides
The Kinship Terminology of the Mae Enga of New Guinea 1
Indigenous forms of government among the Australian aborigines
Growth and Decline of Agnatic Descent Groups among the Mae Enga of the New Guinea Highlands
Dream Interpretation among the Mae Enga of New Guinea
The Enga of the New Guinea Highlands: Some Preliminary Observations
The pattern of leadership among the mae-enga of new guinea
Taking as its starting point the problem of achievement-and-ascription in New Guinea societies, this paper focuses on traditional leadership among the Mae-Enga of the western Highlands. Here, followers demand and create leaders rather than vice versa. In times of stress, structural oppositions of agnatic segments at various levels discourage the persistence of factions within them by demanding corporate action; but periods of peace afford opportu…
Pigs, Pearlshells, and Women: Marriage in the New Guinea Highlands
This article examines the complex interrelationship between pig husbandry, the circulation of pearlshells, and marriage practices among the Mae Enga of the New Guinea Highlands. The authors argue that these three elements are integral to the socio-economic structure of Mae Enga society. Pig feasts, facilitated by the accumulation of valuable pearlshells, are essential for establishing and maintaining social status and alliances, particularly in t…
Gods, Ghosts and Men in Melanesia: Some Religions of Australian New Guinea and the New Hebrides
Dream Interpretation among the Mae Enga of New Guinea
Uses of literacy in New Guinea and Melanesia
Notes on the Vegetable Foods of the Walbiri of Central Australia
Indigenous forms of government among the Australian aborigines
Enga Political Organization. A Preliminary Description.1
Growth and Decline of Agnatic Descent Groups among the Mae Enga of the New Guinea Highlands
Mae Enga Time-Reckoning and Calendar, New Guinea
Injured Husbands and Wounded Wives: Mae Enga Responses to Adultery
Sign Language Among the Walbiri of Central Australia
The Valleys of the Upper Wage and Lai Rivers, Western Highlands, New Guinea
The Ipili of the Porgera Valley, Western Highlands District, Territory of New Guinea
House Building Among the Mae Enga, Western Highlands, Territory of New Guinea
Notes on the Vegetable Foods of the Walbiri of Central Australia
The Enga of the New Guinea Highlands: Some Preliminary Observations
Mae Enga Time-Reckoning and Calendar, New Guinea
Growth and Decline of Agnatic Descent Groups among the Mae Enga of the New Guinea Highlands
Dream Interpretation among the Mae Enga of New Guinea
The Kinship Terminology of the Mae Enga of New Guinea 1
Indigenous forms of government among the Australian aborigines
Gadjari Among the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
Gadjari Among the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
Gadjari Among the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
Gadjari Among the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
Gods Ghosts and Men in Melanesia
Gods, Ghosts and Men in Melanesia: Some Religions of Australian New Guinea and the New Hebrides
Uses of literacy in New Guinea and Melanesia
The pattern of leadership among the mae-enga of new guinea
Taking as its starting point the problem of achievement-and-ascription in New Guinea societies, this paper focuses on traditional leadership among the Mae-Enga of the western Highlands. Here, followers demand and create leaders rather than vice versa. In times of stress, structural oppositions of agnatic segments at various levels discourage the persistence of factions within them by demanding corporate action; but periods of peace afford opportu…
Other: Kimberley Region: An Annotated Bibliography. B eryl F. C raig , comp
Gods, Ghosts and Men in Melanesia
Pigs, Pearlshells, and Women: Marriage in the New Guinea Highlands
This article examines the complex interrelationship between pig husbandry, the circulation of pearlshells, and marriage practices among the Mae Enga of the New Guinea Highlands. The authors argue that these three elements are integral to the socio-economic structure of Mae Enga society. Pig feasts, facilitated by the accumulation of valuable pearlshells, are essential for establishing and maintaining social status and alliances, particularly in t…
Neighbors: The Social Contract in a Castilian Hamlet.Susan Tax Freeman
System and subsystem: The Te exchange cycle among the Mae Enga
The Sun and the Shakers: A Millenarian Cult and Its Transformations in the New Guinea Highlands 1
History (23 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (16 works) · Citation (15 works) · Library science (15 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Ethnology (14 works) · Geography (13 works) · New guinea (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (9 works)