About the Author

Edward LiPuma is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, University of Miami. He is also the author of The Gift of Kinship: Structure and Practice in Maring Social Organization.

Reviews

". . . LiPuma provides useful syntheses of the work of others as well as splendid insights of his own. Importantly, these insights do not only elucidate Melanesian societies. They also frequently elucidate western ones (for he finds that the West 'wants to misrecognize itself.' . . . The argument is very smart and must be considered by anyone writing about the contemporary Pacific (and beyond)."
---Deborah Gewertz, Amherst College, Contemporary Pacific, Fall 2002--Deborah Gewertz, Amherst College "Contemporary Pacific" (9/19/2002 12:00:00 AM)