Karavar: Masks and Power in a Melanesian Ritual

Frederick Karl Errington

Published by Cornell University Press 2019

Karavar

Masks and Power in a Melanesian Ritual

Frederick Karl Errington

In the series Symbol, Myth and Ritual

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501734274

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About this book

This interpretation of the cultural and social life of the inhabitants of a small island in the territory of Papua and New Guinea offers important new perspectives for the study of other societies.

Author / Editor information

Frederick Karl Errington is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Preface: The Art of Being Free Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
1. Introduction: Making Space for Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Disturbing Democracy: Reading (in) the Gaps between Tocqueville's America and Ours Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. (Con)Founding Democracy: Containment, Evasion, Appropriation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4. Reading Freedom, Writing Marx: From the Politics of Production to the Production of Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
5. Acting (Up) in Publics: Mobile Spaces, Plural Worlds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Keywords: Anthropology

eBook

Published: July 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501734274