CoverAbstractTitleCopyrightContentsIllustrationsForewordPrefaceA note on the ortographyPart 1. Introduction1. The conceptual frameworkAction, spacetime, and valueSpacetimeValue as the relative extension of spacetimeNegative and positive valueIntersubjectivityThe body and the signification of valueHierarchy, equality, and valueConclusion: Communal value

2 Gawa in the 1970s: An ethnographic overviewThe regional contextThe dala and the kumilaThe winds and the seasonal cycleGardening, daily activities, and gender differences in workThe hamletThe houseCross-hamlet relationships and premarital youthMarriage and marriage exchangesSinavaramaThe communityKula exchange

Part 2. Food transmission and spatiotemporal transformations3. Food transmission and food consumption: The basic dialectic of value transformationModes of intersubjective spacetiem: Hospitality and kula exchangeSubjective conversions and rememberingGawan concepts of mind, will, and decision making

4. Qualisigns of value: Gardens, food, and the body5. Fame

Part 3. Exchange and the value template6. Marriages exchanges as value transformations7. Mortuary exchanges and the deconstitution of self8. The drum dance and the comb

Part 4. Witchcraft: the subversion of value9. The identity of the witch10. Didactic speech, consensus, and the control of witchcraft

ConclusionNotes12345678910Conclusion

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