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Social reproduction and history in Melanesia :

Foster, Robert John, 1957-

Social reproduction and history in Melanesia : mortuary ritual, gift exchange, and custom in the Tanga Islands / Robert J. Foster. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995. - xxii, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 96 .

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-283) and index.

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Tanga (Papua New Guinean people)
Tanga (Papua New Guinean people)--Funeral customs and rites.
Ceremonial exchange--Papua New Guinea.

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