Trade and Sociability
Balanced reciprocity as generosity in the New Guinea highlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2465599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Healey (0000-0002-8979-4438, corresponding author), Christopher J Healey |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-60 |
| Publication date | 1984-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1984.11.1.02a00030 |
| OpenAlex | W2123849164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 16 |
Analyses of material exchanges have concentrated on ceremonialized forms. Approaches to trade are poorly developed and are materialist and utilitarian. After presenting a distinction between prestations and trade based on actors' interpretations, this paper explores aspects of the sociable dimensions of Maring trade. While trade is indigenously defined as self-interested and pragmatic, it actually has the capacity to express and construct social relationships through the appearance of generosity in otherwise balanced transactions. [economic anthropology, exchange, trade, generosity, New Guinea, Maring
Economics · Ethnology · Generosity · New guinea · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,34 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2021 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |