In memory of times to come : ironies of history in southeastern Papua New Guinea /

"Drawing on twenty years of research, this book examines the historical perspective of a Pacific people who saw "globalization" come and go. Suau people encountered the leading edge of missionization and colonialism in Papua New Guinea and were active participants in the Second World...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Demian, Melissa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
Colección:ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 12.
Temas:
1900-1999
Suau (Papua New Guinean people) > History > 20th century.
Social change > Papua New Guinea.
Acculturation > Papua New Guinea.
Suau (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Suau (Papua New Guinean people)
Acculturation
Manners and customs
Social change
Papua New Guinea > Social life and customs.
Papua New Guinea
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On Anthropology and History in the Pacific
  • Naming, Loss, and Waiting: "Suau" as a Historical Category
  • Death, Kastom, and the Work of Forgetting
  • Times Past, or, the Golden Age
  • Old Roads, New Roads: Temporal Cartography
  • Times Present, or, "No Government Here"
  • Times to Come (in the Near Future)
  • Measuring Time.

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