Stealing People's Names : History and Politics in a Sepik River Cosmology
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521026474
ISBN-13
9780521026475
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 1st, 2006
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
381 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.40 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Physical anthropology
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Among the people of Avatip, a community in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, the most prestigious and valued forms of wealth are personal names. In this intriguing study, Simon Harrison analyses the significance of names in the context of Avatip ritual, cosmology and concepts of the person.
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