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marriage, alliance, and warfare: a view from the New Guinea Highlands 1
Author(s) -
HAYANO DAVID M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1974.1.2.02a00050
Subject(s) - alliance , new guinea , politics , political science , sociology , political economy , ethnology , law
Political alliances formed by marital exchange and the intensity of warfare are examined with data from the New Guinea Highlands. It is found in this study that extravillage alliance bonds are tenuous and impermant because of symbolic, demographic, and political factors which make the defense of intravillage security a more valued alternative. These factors have comparative Implications for the study of intergroup conflict management.