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Informationen zum Autor Max Rimoldi Senior Lecturer in Anthropology,University of Auckland and Eleanor Rimoldi, Anthropologist, Researcher and Writer Klappentext The summary position we propose in introducing our account is that the only meaningful relation between the two terms, subculture and culture, is the practice that creates it; action which establishes the relationship between the two in situations of uncertain relative power which require power to give meaning to that relationship. Zusammenfassung This book studies the Hahalis Welfare Society, a Bougainville movement which worked for many years to maintain and reform traditional practices and to retain a degree of autonomy in a world of rapid political change and economic dependency. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction - Social Movements - The Political Focus of Communities of Production - Baton for Baton: Retribution and New Stances - Power and the Person: The Negotiation of Nitsunono - Custom and Law: A Quick Blow - Coming Outside and Politics Within - Judgement for Judgement: Baru Bibliography
