{"product_id":"the-fame-of-gawa-nancy-d-munn-9780822312703","title":"The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim Society","description":"This new edition of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Fame of Gawa\u003c\/i\u003e-originally published in 1986-makes available for the first time this important work in paperback. \u003ci\u003eThe Fame of Gawa\u003c\/i\u003e is concerned 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. Integrating various aspects of the study of society and culture--including the sociocultural construction of space and time, self-other relations and the body, and moral and political problems of hierarchy and equality-Nancy D. Munn shows that it is through achieving fame in the wider inter-island world that the Gawan community asserts its own internal viablity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy D. Munn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822312700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822312703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.86w x 0.97d","brand":"Nancy D. Munn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980620955903,"sku":"9780822312703","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0854243a-97e5-4c32-92b3-e2e975269d2c.jpg?v=1683250955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fame-of-gawa-nancy-d-munn-9780822312703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}