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Tracing the Melanesian person : emotions and relationships in Lihir / by Susan R. Hemer.
Penn Museum Library GF852.P26 H45 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hemer, Susan R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology--Papua New Guinea.
- Human ecology.
- Emotions.
- Self.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Manners and customs.
- Melanesia--Social life and customs.
- Melanesia.
- Lihir Islands (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs.
- Lihir Islands (Papua New Guinea).
- Lihir (Papua New Guinean people)--Social life and customs.
- Lihir (Papua New Guinean people).
- Papua New Guinea.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 311 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Emotions and relationships in Lihir.
- Place of Publication:
- Adelaide : Adelaide University Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- This book explores what it means to be Lihirian through an analysis of everyday life in the Lihir Islands, Papua New Guinea. Atop four volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean east of New Ireland, Lihirians are living in a world that has rapidly changed in the last century through the work of Christian missions, government administration and the development of a large gold mine (Lihir Gold Ltd). Being Lihirian in the context of these changes is challenging, yet Lihirians retain a strong sense of themselves and their islands as distinctive. This book aims to reconcile what has been termed the root metaphor of Melanesian sociality as based on relational or composite personhood with the strong individualist tendencies and sense of self that are found in everyday practice in Lihir. In looking beyond the ideals of moral conduct to the practice of relations and emotion, it can be seen that the symbolism of Melanesian sociality does not encompass the practical reality of what it means to be Lihirian.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781922064455
- 1922064459
- OCLC:
- 849247017
- Publisher Number:
- 99954829312
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