Common worlds and single lives : constituting knowledge in Pacific societies / edited by Verena Keck.

Other author Keck, Verena.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Berg, 1998.
Descriptionvi, 417 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Ethnophilosophy--Oceania.
Ethnicity--Ocenia.
Acculturation--Oceania.
Oceania--Social life and customs.

SeriesExplorations in anthropology
Explorations in anthropology. ^A237285
Contents Reflections on knowledge in an Oceanic setting / Raymond Firth -- Body, being and identity in Ambonwari, Papua New Guinea / Borut Telban -- On the acquisition of knowledge : teaching kinship through the body among the Tiwi of Northern Australia / Andrée Grau -- Cannibalism and compassion : transformations in Fijian concepts of the person / Christina Toren -- A twist of the rope / Andrew Strathern -- Biographies of social action : excessive portraits / Lisette Josephides -- 'Praying Samoa and praying oui-oui' : making Christianity local on Lifu (Loyalty Islands) / Anna Paini -- Appropriating the other : a case study from New Britain / Monique Jeudy-Ballini -- Experiencing outside worlds : Tannese labour recruitment in the second half of the nineteenth century / Ronald Adams -- Intrusions into the female realm : the medicalization of human procreation among the Kwanga in Papua New Guinea / Brigit Obrist van Eeuwijk -- The Chuukese women's status : traditional and modern elements / Beatriz Moral -- Showing the invisible : violence and politics among the Ankave-Anga (Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea) / Pierre Lemonnier -- 'Big man' and 'Big woman' in the village - elite in the town. The Iatmul, Papua New Guinea / Milan Stanek and Florence Weiss -- Why do the Tiwi want a new township? / Eric Venbrux -- Staging a political challenge : the story of Tokelau te Ata / Ingjerd Hoëm -- The new modernities / Marilyn Strathern.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98185362
ISBN1859731643 (cloth)
ISBN1859731694 (pbk.)