Jan Verschueren's description of Yéi-nan culture : extracted from the posthumous papers / Jan Verschueren and J. van Baal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verschueren, J. (Jan), 1905-1970, author.

Baal, Jan van, author.

Series:

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; Volume 99.

Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Series ; Volume 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yei (New Guinean people).

Verschueren, J. (Jan), 1905-1970.

Verschueren, J.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 107 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 1982

Leiden, The Netherlands : Martinus Nijhoff, [1982]

Language Note:

Text in English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Joannis Cornelis Verschueren (1905-1970) worked as a Roman Catholic missionary in southern Irian from 1931 until 1970. In the 1950s he wrote a number of papers on the Yéi. These papers, based on older field notes and a research trip through the area, are recapitulated in this volume. Verschueren provides genuine inside information and his data are new and authentic. The four papers in this volume create a picture of a typical lowland culture with a surprising emphasis on headhunting, an uncommon way of segregating the sexes, and a highly elaborated system of phallic symbolism. Topics discussed in this volume are territorial, clan and moiety organization; kinship, marriage and conjugal life; the founding myths of Yéi-nan ritual and other rituals; initiation; sickness and healing; death, burial and mortuary feasts; other ceremonies.

Contents:

Chapter I. Introduction

Chapter II. Territorial, clan and moiety organization

Chapter III, Kinship, marriage, and conjugal life

Chapter IV. The founding myths of Yéi-nan ritual

Chapter V. Invitation

Chapter VI. Sickness and healing

Chapter VII. Death, Burial, and mortuary feasts

Chapter VIII. Other cermonies

Chapter IX, Miscellaneous myths

Chapter X. Editor's epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107).

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ISBN:

9789004287303

9004287302

OCLC:

645298271

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004287303 DOI

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access