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Kula Exchange

Kula Exchange is a ceremonial gift-economy system in anthropology, characterized by the reciprocal exchange of shell ornaments between partner islands in Melanesia, serving primarily to establish and maintain social status and alliances rather than to transfer utilitarian goods.

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Publications

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51. Kula; the Circulating Exchange of Valuables in the Archipelagoes of Eastern New Guinea.

B. Malinowski · Man · 1920 · 260 citations

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The Kula: New Perspectives on Massim Exchange.

R. L. Stirrat, J.G. Leach, Edmund Leach · The Economic Journal · 1984 · 183 citations

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The Kula. New Perspectives on Massim Exchange. Edited by Jerry W. Leach and Edmund Leach. Cambridge, London and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1983. xi, 577 pp. US$79.50.

Donald F. Tuzin · Pacific Affairs · 1984 · 139 citations

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Constructing Regional Worlds in Experience: Kula Exchange, Witchcraft and Gawan Local Events

Nancy D. Munn · Man · 1990 · 125 citations

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Economic geography: Island life

Jamie Peck · Dialogues in Human Geography · 2012 · 116 citations

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Authors

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  1. JT
    Janet T. Landa

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  2. EL
    Edmund Leach

    The King's College, United States

    2 publications · 263 citations

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  3. BS
    Ben Shaw

    Australian National University, Australia

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  4. FH
    Frederick H. Damon

    University of Virginia, United States

    2 publications · 82 citations

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  5. BE
    Brian Egloff

    University of Canberra, Australia

    1 publications · 36 citations

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Institutions

12

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  2. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  3. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  5. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  6. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. Irvine University

    Cerritos, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. British Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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  1. Man

    4 publications · 527 citations

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  3. Mankind

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  4. American Ethnologist

    AE · 1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. Dialogues in Human Geography

    1 publications · 116 citations

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