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Grass-clearing man : a factional ethnography of life in the New Guinea Highlands / Paul Sillitoe, Jackie Sillitoe.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sillitoe, Paul, 1949-
- Sillitoe, Jackie, author.
- Series:
- Anthropology online.
- Anthropology online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.
- Ethnology.
- Civilization.
- Papua New Guinea.
- Wola (Papua New Guinean people).
- Papua New Guinea--Civilization--20th century.
- Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 200 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, Inc., [2009]
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "This accessible ethnography is a factional account that depicts life in a stateless society of the New Guinea Highlands during the twentieth century. It explores a series of related events from the viewpoint of a fictional character, "Ongol," who lived his life in the Was valley. Although Ongol and the other characters whose lives enrich this narrative are fictional, the ethnography is factual; the exchange transactions and rituals did happen, the spells are genuine and recorded as recited, the customs surrounding marriage and kinship are practiced, and the subsistence regime exists. This creative yet factual ethnographic life history inspires students to grasp and retain core anthropological concepts associated with the people, practices, and events among the Wola living in the New Guinea Highlands."--ORIGINAL BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- A Birth and a Death
- Growing Up and Ensuring Health
- Courting, Incest, and Sickness
- Revenge and Armed Conflict
- Marriage, In-Laws, and Sex
- Everyday Life, Subsistence, and Famine
- Some Ghostly Encounters and Perils of Polygamy
- Making It Big, Poison, and Sorcery
- Rituals of Well-Being
- Encounters with New Cults
- New Exchanges in a Changing World
- The Stateless Order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Anthropology online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 849669544
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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