Arrow Talk
Transaction, Transition, and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History
Published on 18. September 2013
228 pages
978-1-61277-245-5 (ISBN)
Description
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 "e;modernizing"e; 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
La Vergne
United States
File size
13,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-61277-245-5 (9781612772455)
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The Kent State University Press
Arrow Talk
Transaction, Transition and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History
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07/2000
Kent State University Press
€42.27
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One: Transaction
- 1. Transaction and Personhood
- 2. Trade as Transaction and "Friendship
- 3. Pigs, Shells, and Locality
- 4. The Relational-Individual
- Part Two: Transition
- 5. Transaction and Rhetoric
- 6. Early Administration: Kiaps and Councils
- 7. "Law," "Custom," and Violence
- Part Three: Contradiction
- 8. Honor, Shame, and Agency
- 9. Crime and Compensation
- 10. The Embodiment of Confession
- Part Four: Conclusions
- 11. Money, Politics, Persons
- 12. Resolutions and Revolutions
- References
- Index
