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dc.contributor.authorCurry, George
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:34:34Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:34:34Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:21:04Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationCurry, George. 1997. Warfare, social organisation and resource access amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea. Oceania 67: 194-217.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39522
dc.description.abstract

In the precolonial period warfare was endemic amongst the Wosera Abelam and social organisation was sufficiently flexible to permit the movement of people between villages and groups, adn their full incorporation into the host societies.In the contemporary context of increasing population pressure, and in the absence of warfare, a significant response is a general tightening of the rules governing group membership and resource access. This response, it is argued, may represent a shift from a patrifilial system of social organisation to one based on patrilineal-like principles, resulting in a legacy of marginalised immigrant lineages of three generations or less of a village residence.

dc.subjectresource access - land tenure - East Sepik Province - Papua New Guinea - Pacific Islands
dc.titleWarfare, social organisation and resource access amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume67
dcterms.source.startPage194
dcterms.source.endPage217
dcterms.source.titleOceania
curtin.identifierEPR-198
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDepartment of Social Sciences
curtin.facultyDivision of Humanities
curtin.facultyFaculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)


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