Echoes of the Tambaran : masculinity, history and the subject in the work of Donald F. Tuzin / edited by David Lipset and Paul Roscoe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lipset, David, editor.

Roscoe, Paul, editor.

Series:

Monographs in anthropology.

Monographs in anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuzin, Donald F.

Ethnologists.

Ethnology--Sepik River (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

Ethnology.

Essays.

Asia--Sepik River Valley.

Melanesia.

Genre:

essays.

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australia : ANU Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"In the Sepik Basin of Papua New Guinea, ritual culture was dominated by the Tambaran - a male tutelary spirit that acted as a social and intellectual guardian or patron to those under its aegis as they made their way through life. To Melanesian scholarship, the cultural and psychological anthropologist, Donald F. Tuzin, was something of a Tambaran, a figure whose brilliant and fine-grained ethnographic project in the Arapesh village of IIaita was immensely influential within and beyond New Guinea anthropology. Tuzin died in 2007, at the age of 61. In his memory, the editors of this collection commissioned a set of original and thought provoking essays from eminent and accomplished anthropologists who knew and were influenced by his work. They are echoes of the Tambaran. The anthology begins with a biographical sketch of Tuzin's life and scholarship. It is divided into four sections, each of which focuses loosely around one of his preoccupations. The first concerns warfare history, the male cult and changing masculinity, all in Melanesia. The second addresses the relationship between actor and structure. Here, the ethnographic focus momentarily shifts to the Caribbean before turning back to Papua new Guinea in essays that examine uncanny phenomena, narratives about childhood and messianic promises. The third part goes on to offer comparative and psychoanalytic perspectives on the subject in Fiji, Bali, the Amazon as well as Melanesia. Appropriately, the last section concludes with essays on Tuzin's fieldwork style and his distinctive authorial voice"--Publisher's website.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 30, 2016).

ISBN:

9781921862465

1921862467

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459090