In colonial New Guinea : anthropological perspectives / edited by Naomi McPherson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McPherson, Naomi M.

Series:

ASAO monograph ; no. 19.

ASAO monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.

Ethnology.

Colonial influence.

Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea--History.

History.

Papua New Guinea--Colonial influence.

Physical Description:

xii, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2001]

Summary:

Because Papua and New Guinea were administered by Germany, Britain, and Australia at different points in their history, the experiences of the islands' indigenous inhabitants were diverse and sometimes contradictory. In Colonial New Guinea provides an anthropological view of colonialism and its culture in Papua New Guinea. The rich and nuanced set of testimonies and reflections upon which the contributors draw enable a broad range of historical personae to comment on the reality of colonial life. What emerges is a detailed ethnography that offers new perspectives not only on the history of Papua New Guinea but also on colonialism in general.

Contents:

Chapter 2 Colonial New Guinea - The Historical Context / Paula Brown 15

Chapter 3 Conceiving New Guinea - Ethnography as a Phenomenon of Contact / Sjoerd R. Jaarsma 27

Chapter 4 Anthropology and Administration - Colonial Ethnography in the Papua New Guinea Eastern Highlands / George Westermark 45

Chapter 5 Unvarnished Truths - Maslyn Williams and Australian Government Film in Papua and New Guinea / Robert J. Foster 64

Chapter 6 "Wanted: Young Man, Must Like Adventure" - lan McCallum Mack, Patrol Officer / Naomi M. McPherson 82

Chapter 7 Paternalism, Progress, Paranoia - Patrol Reports and Colonial History in South Bougainville / Jill Nash 111

Chapter 8 The Queen of Sudest - White Women and Colonial Cultures in British New Guinea and Papua / Maria Lepowsky 125

Chapter 9 Juxtaposed Narratives - A New Guinea Big Man Encounters the Colonial Process / Richard Scaglion 151

Chapter 10 Three-Day Visitors - The Samo Response to Colonialism in Western Province, Papua New Guinea / R. Daniel Shaw 171

Chapter 11 Afterword - An Anthropology of Colonialism Out of the "Last Unknown" / Eugene Ogan 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-241) and index.

ISBN:

0822957515

OCLC:

46974940