Reverse Anthropology : Indigenous Analysis of Social and Environmental Relations in New Guinea /

While ethnography ordinarily privileges anthropological interpretations, this book attempts the reciprocal process of describing indigenous modes of analysis. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research with the Yonggom people of New Guinea, the author examines how indigenous analysis organizes local...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kirsch, Stuart (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • A note on languages
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Historical encounters
  • Chapter 2 The enchantment of place
  • Chapter 3 Unrequited reciprocity
  • Chapter 4 Sorcery and the mine
  • Chapter 5 Mythical encounters
  • Chapter 6 Divining violence
  • Chapter 7 Loss and the future imagined
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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