Melanesia is one of the most anthropologically significant places in the world. Fundamental ideas central to anthropology emerged from ethnographic studies there. This incredibly diverse region is also ripe with many important issues at the forefront of anthropology today, including land tenure, colonialism and resistance, gender relations, sexuality, exchange, development, and nationalism.
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