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Exchanging the past : a rainforest world of before and after / Bruce M. Knauft.
Penn Museum Library DU740.42 .K52 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knauft, Bruce M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gebusi (Papua New Guinean people)--Social conditions.
- Gebusi (Papua New Guinean people).
- Social conditions.
- Gebusi (Papua New Guinean people)--Social life and customs.
- Acculturation--Case studies.
- Acculturation.
- Cultural fusion--Case studies.
- Cultural fusion.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPrelude1. A World of Before and After2. Sorcerers of the Past3. The Severed Head and Other Affairs, 1982-984. The Guards of Nomad5. The Demise of Sorcery's Revenge6. The New Spirit7. School Bells and the Energy of Hard Benches8. The Corners in the Round9. Subaltern ModernAfterwordNotesReferencesIndex
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226446344
- 0226446352
- OCLC:
- 48383299
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