Society of others : kinship and mourning in a West Papuan place / Rupert Stasch.

Author/creator Stasch, Rupert
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: otherness as a relation -- A dispersed society: place ownership and the crossing of spatial margins -- Pairing and avoidance: an otherness-focused approach to social ties -- Strange kin: maternal uncles and the spectrum of relatives -- Children and the contingency of attachment -- Marriage as disruption and creation of belonging -- Dialectics of contact and separation in mourning -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-301) and index.
LCCN 2008040618
ISBN9780520256859 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520256859 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520256866 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520256867 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GN635.I65 S73 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold