In the midst of life : affect and ideation in the world of the Tolai /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1992.
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Colección: | Studies in Melanesian anthropology ;
9. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Exploring Affect: Some Preliminary Issues
- The Tolai: Habitat, History, Society
- The Language of the Emotions
- Work, Ambition, and Envy
- Of Kin, Love, and Anger
- Tambu, Grief, and the Meaning of Death
- Affect and the Self
- Epilogue: The Anthropologist as Onion-Peeler.