TATTOOING, GENDER AND SOCIAL-STRATIFICATION IN MICRO-POLYNESIA

Authors
HAGE P HARARY F MILICIC B
Citation
P. Hage et al., TATTOOING, GENDER AND SOCIAL-STRATIFICATION IN MICRO-POLYNESIA, J ROY ANTHR, 2(2), 1996, pp. 335-350
Citations number
73
Categorie Soggetti
Anthropology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
ISSN journal
13590987 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
335 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-0987(1996)2:2<335:TGASIM>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Gell's combinatorial analysis of variations in tattooing practices and social organization in Polynesia is shown to be incomplete. Our purpo se is to revise and generalize Gell's analysis and extend it to includ e the historically related societies of nuclear Micronesia. The discov ery of the missing Micronesian variations has important implications f or comparative studies of symbolism and social stratification in Ocean ia, and illustrates the advantages of combinatorial methods in anthrop ology.