Articulating change in the "last unknown" / Frederick K. Errington, Deborah B. Gewertz.
| Author/creator | Errington, Frederick Karl |
| Other author | Gewertz, Deborah B., 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1995. |
| Description | xvii, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in the ethnographic imagination Studies in the ethnographic imagination. ^A283323 |
| Contents | Introduction : neither shattered Eden nor inflexible tradition : a hundred years of entanglement in East New Britain -- 1. Resistance through emulation : on patrols, reports, and "cults" in colonial New Britain -- 2. Dueling currencies in East New Britain : the construction of shell money as national cultural property -- 3. From darkness to light in the George Brown Jubilee : the invention of non-tradition and the inscription of a national history in East New Britain -- 4. First contact with God : individualism, agency, and revivalism in the Duke of York Islands --5. The triumph of capitalism in East New Britain? : a contemporary Papua New Guinean rhetoric of motives -- Conclusion : bloody-mindedness in the Duke of York Islands : toward seeing ourselves in the other. |
| General note | Chiefly a collection of previously published material. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index. |
| LCCN | 94045532 |
| ISBN | 081332453X |
| ISBN | 0813324548 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DU740.9.N49 E77 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |