The Magical Body : Power, Fame and Meaning in a Melanesian Society
by
Richard Eves
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
9057023059
ISBN-13
9789057023057
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 20th, 1998
Print length
324 Pages
Weight
680 grams
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesAnthropology
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This monograph captures the fluidity and complexity of Lelet (Papua New Guinea) conceptions of coporeality and their significance to identity as they encounter the influences of modernity, in the form of colonialism, Christianity and cash-cropping.
An intriguing exploration of the role and significance of the body in the world of a Pacific Islands People, the Lelet of New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). In vivid ethnographic detail, the monograph captures the fluidity and complexity of Lelet conceptions of corporeality and their significance to identity as they encounter the influences of modernity, in the form of colonialism, Christianity and cash-cropping. The author examines the importance of the body to constructions of identity and difference, and its role in the constitution of place and space. The book provides a richly detailed ethnographic study of magical belief and the body whilst paying particular attention to the polyvalent meanings of bodily images and metaphors as they are used in numerous contexts of magic.
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