Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History - Softcover

Strathern, Andrew; Stewart, Pamela J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873386612 ISBN 13: 9780873386616

Verlag: Kent State University Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

In a postmodern era in which culture has been dismissed by many anthropologists as a reification, this study argues for cultural holism by showing how symbolic, psychological, religious and linguistic factors have shaped Melpa responses to political and economic crises.

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Reseña del editor

Arrow Talk makes a significant contribution to the understanding of Melanesian culture and contemporary sociopolitical issues in Papua New Guinea. In a post modern era in which culture has been dismissed by many anthropologists as a reification, this book makes a cogent argument for cultural holism by showing how symbolic, psychological, religious and linguistic factors have combined to shape Melpa responses to the political and economic crises they have had to face in the waning years of the millennium. This analysis also contributes notably to the development of anthropological perspectives on colonial and post colonial historical processes. Since the Melpa face many of the same challenges as other "modernizing" people in the Pacific and elsewhere, Strathern and Stewart's insight are valuable for scholars working on similar problems in a variety of ethnographic regions.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kent State University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0873386612
• ISBN 13: 9780873386616
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216
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