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Culture change and ex-change syncretism and anti-syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea / Regina Knapp.
| Author/creator | Knapp, Regina |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York ; Oxford : Berghahn 2017. |
| Description | xiii, 299 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Culture change and exchange |
| Series | Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; volume 6 |
| Contents | Bena stories, histories and sociality -- Unexpected actions and strategic exchanges : leadership and economy -- In exchange with the world : the concept of person in Bena -- Changing exchanges : Bena life cycle rituals -- Magical practices and their transformations in modern Bena -- Sanguma : the 'essence-suckers' -- In exchange with God : Christianity in modern Bena -- Expect the unexpected : Scientology in Napamogona. |
| Abstract | "How is cultural change perceived and performed by members of the Bena Bena language group, who live in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea? In her analysis, Knapp draws upon existing bodies of work on 'culture change', 'exchange' and 'person' in Melanesia but brings them together in a new way by conjoining traditional models with theoretical approaches of the new Melanesian ethnography and with collaborative, reflexive and reverse anthropology"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017019198 |
| ISBN | 9781785333842 (hardback : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |