Bridewealth is recognized as vital in the reproduction and reconfiguration of Pacific environments and women play an integral role in this process. In contemporary Papua New Guinea (PNG), bridewealth is reconfigured by kin to acknowledge the considered actions of women as they enter into relationships with men. This paper will explore how women's choices impact and influence their experience of these exchanges and determine the role of women and their kin as they undertake these practices. Here I aim to understand how the social relatedness that frames bridewealth exchanges enables the practices of bridewealth to be used as a tool for recognition of women's choices, autonomy and personhood. Although women enter into relationships without initial kin approval, bridewealth practices converge ultimately with a women's autonomous choice of husband. Wardlow suggests (2006:86) 'bridewealth confers value and dignity on female gender', and going beyond her observation, I show that bridewealth has been useful in achieving this in regard to managing and supporting social, kin and affinal relationships. This article will explore two cases, to identify what each tells us about women's ability to act in ways that are beneficial to them and important to kin. I show how moral evaluations frame (pasin) and recognize (luksave) kin and social relationships that ultimately constitute their personhood.

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宽恕新娘：新的关系和好女儿的恢复

Bridewealth被公认为在太平洋环境的繁殖和重塑中至关重要，妇女在这一过程中起着不可或缺的作用。在当代的巴布亚新几内亚（PNG）中，新娘的亲属关系被重新配置，以承认妇女在与男人建立关系时所考虑的行为。本文将探讨妇女的选择如何影响和影响她们在这些交流中的经验，并确定她们在从事这些活动时的作用及其亲属。在这里，我的目的是要了解建立新娘关系交流的社会关系如何使新娘实践成为承认妇女选择，自治和人格的工具。尽管妇女未经最初的亲属同意就建立了关系，但新娘的做法最终与妇女的婚姻相融合。丈夫的自主选择。沃德洛（Wardlow）建议（2006：86）“新娘财富赋予女性性别以价值和尊严”，而且超出她的观察范围，我证明新娘财富对于实现这一点在管理和支持社会，亲属和亲戚关系方面非常有用。本文将探讨两个案例，以确定每个案例都可以告诉我们有关女性以对她们有利且对亲属重要的方式行事的能力。我展示了道德评价的框架（以对他们有利且对亲属重要的方式行事的能力。我展示了道德评价的框架（以对他们有利且对亲属重要的方式行事的能力。我展示了道德评价的框架（pasin），并承认（luksave）亲戚和社会关系最终构成了他们的人格。