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The sorrow of the lonely and the burning of the dancers /
This classic ethnography, now in second edition, describes the traditional way of life of the Kaluli, a tropical forest people of Papua New Guinea. The book takes as its focus the nostalgic and violent Gisaro ceremony, one of the most remarkable performances in the anthropological literature. Tracki...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This classic ethnography, now in second edition, describes the traditional way of life of the Kaluli, a tropical forest people of Papua New Guinea. The book takes as its focus the nostalgic and violent Gisaro ceremony, one of the most remarkable performances in the anthropological literature. Tracking the major symbolic and emotional themes of the ceremony to their sources in everyday Kaluli life, Schieffelin shows how the central values and passions of Kaluli experience are governed by the basic forms of social reciprocity. However, Gisaro also reveals that social reciprocity is not limited to the dynamics of transaction, obligation, and alliance. It emerges, rather, as a mode of symbolic action and performative form, embodying a cultural scenario which shapes Kaluli emotional experience and moral sensibility and permeates their understanding of the human condition. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 244 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781403981790 1403981795 9781403967893 140396789X 9781403966063 1403966060 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |