Culture change and ex-change : syncretism and anti-syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea /

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"How is cultural change perceived and performed by members of the Bena Bena language group, who live in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea? In her analysis, Knapp draws upon existing bodies of work on 'culture change', 'exchange' and 'person' in Melanesia bu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knapp, Regina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
Colección:Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; v. 6.
Temas:
Benabena (Papua New Guinean people) > Social life and customs.
Social change > Papua New Guinea > Eastern Highlands Province.
Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > Eastern Highlands Province.
Bena Bena (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Ethnologie > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Eastern Highlands.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Social change
Eastern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Eastern Highlands (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Papua New Guinea > Eastern Highlands Province
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bena stories, histories and sociality
  • Unexpected actions and strategic exchanges : leadership and economy
  • In exchange with the world : the concept of person in Bena
  • Changing exchanges : Bena life cycle rituals
  • Magical practices and their transformations in modern Bena
  • Sanguma : the 'essence-suckers'
  • In exchange with God : Christianity in modern Bena
  • Expect the unexpected : Scientology in Napamogona.

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