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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Demian, Melissa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
Series:ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 12.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.