ISBN:
1-56098-062-1
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978-1-56098-062-9
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 337 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry [23]
Keywords:
Papua-Neuguinea Melanesien
;
Ethnie, Ozeanien
;
Ethnographie
;
Mundugumor
;
Religion, traditionelle
;
Stammesgesellschaft
;
Sexualität
;
Geschlechterforschung
;
Verwandtschaft
;
Soziale Organisation
;
Feldforschung
;
Sozio-ökonomischer Aspekt
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Mead, Margaret [Leben und Werk]
;
Fortune, Reo Franklin [Leben und Werk]
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Figures, Tables, Genealogies, and Diagrams -- Acknowledgments -- 1. INTRODUCTION. Factors Shaping the Data. Reconstituting Mundugumor Ethnography. The Plan of the Ethnography -- 2. THE MUNDUGUMOR IN CONTEXT. Environmental Context and Demography. The Social Context. The Historical Context -- 3. RELIGION. Water and Bush Spirits. Souls, Death, and Ghosts. Sorcery. Magic, Ritual, and Belief. Initiation. Myth and Folktale -- 4. KINSHIP AND MARRIAGE. Kinship Terminology. Kinship Behavior. Marriage. The Marriage Process. Clans. Ropes -- 5. KINSHIP, EXCHANGE, AND ROPES: A REINTERPRETATION. Intergenerational Exchange. An Alternative Interpretation of Rope -- 6. MEAD AND THE MUNDUGUMOR. Ethos. Variation and Contradiction -- Notes -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 323-330
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