The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim Society

Deals with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring.

• | By (Author): Nancy D. Munn
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 13, 1992
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0822312700
• | ISBN-13: 9780822312703