In the Midst of Life : Affect and Ideation in the World of the Tolai /

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The Tolai are among the most distinctive of Papua New Guinea's indigenous peoples. For all their success in the pursuit of modernity, the Tolai remain traditional in their attitudes toward death, the cultural elaboration of which colors almost every aspect of their existence.In his new book, A....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Epstein, A. L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1992]
Colección:Studies in Melanesian Anthropology ; 9
Temas:
Affect (Psychology).
Emotions.
Ethnopsychology > Papua New Guinea > Gazelle Peninsula.
Philosophy, Tolai.
Tolai (Melanesian people) > Psychology.
Tolai (Melanesian people) > Social life and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
affect theory.
affect.
ambition.
anger.
anthropology.
blanche bay.
ceremony.
cultural studies.
currency.
death.
egotism.
emotion.
envy.
ethnography.
folk belief.
folk practices.
folklore.
gazelle peninsula.
grief.
indigenous culture.
indigenous peoples.
individual.
kin.
kinship.
loss.
love.
mourning ceremonies.
mourning.
new britain.
nonfiction.
papua new guinea.
personal interest.
rabaul.
rites.
ritual.
social networks.
social science.
tambu.
tolai.
tradition.
work.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Exploring Affect: Some Preliminary Issues
  • 2. The Tolai: Habitat, History, Society
  • 3. The Language of the Emotions
  • 4. Work, Ambition, and Envy
  • 5. Of Kin, Love, and Anger
  • 6. Tambu, Grief, and the Meaning of Death
  • 7. Affect and the Self
  • 8. Epilogue: The Anthropologist as Onion-Peeler
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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