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Collecting Kamoro : objects, encounters and representation in Papua (Western New Guinea) /

The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between representation and collecting, the author focuses on the creative and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Karen, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2011]
Colección:Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden ; no. 40.
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Sumario:The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between representation and collecting, the author focuses on the creative and pragmatic agency of Kamoro people in these collecting encounters. The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between repr.
Notas:"Published in cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden."--Title page verso
"The book is based on doctoral research conducted between 1999 and 2003, supplemented by additional collections research and two further visits to Papua in 2005 (to hand over my thesis) and 2011"--Page 1
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 281 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-263) and index.
ISBN:9789088901829
9088901821
ISSN:0169-9156
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