Mendi



ETHNONYMS: Angal, Anganen, Nembi, Wola

See also Foi , Kewa

Bibliography

Lederman, Rena (1986). "Changing Times in Mendi: Notes on Writing Highland New Guinea History." Ethnohistory 33: 1-30.

Lederman, Rena (1986). What Gifts Engender: Social Relations and Politics in Mendi, Highland Papua New Guinea. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lederman, Rena (1987). "The Meaning of Residence in Mendi." In The Survey under Difficult Conditions, edited by T. McDevitt. HRAFlex Ethnography Series, no. OJ1-006. New Haven, Conn.

Lederman, Rena (1990). "Big-Men Large and Small? Towards a Comparative Perspective." Ethnology 33:3-15.

Mawe, Theodore (1985). Mende Culture and Tradition: a Recent Survey. P.N.G. National Museum Record no. 10. Boroko, Papua New Guinea: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies.

Ryan, D'Arcy (1961). "Gift Exchange in the Mendi Valley." Ph.D. dissertation, Sydney University.

RENA LEDERMAN

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