Landscapes of relations and belonging : body, place and politics in Wogeo, Papua New Guinea / Astrid Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Astrid.

Series:

Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; v. 3.

Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Papua New Guinea--Vokeo Island.

Ethnology.

Ethnopsychology--Papua New Guinea--Vokeo Island.

Ethnopsychology.

Ethnicity--Papua New Guinea--Vokeo Island.

Ethnicity.

Geographical perception--Papua New Guinea--Vokeo Island.

Geographical perception.

Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea)--Politics and government.

Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea).

Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wogeo Island is well-known to anthropologists of Papua New Guinea through the work of Ian Hogbin. Based on substantial fieldwork, the author builds on and expands previous research by showing how Wogeos establish and maintain social relationships and identities connected to place and movement in the physical landscape. This innovative study demonstrates how Wogeo worldviews and social organization can be described in relation to terms of movements, flows and placements in the landscape while, in turn, the landscape is constituted and made meaningful through people's activities and buildings. T

Contents:

pt. 1. Wogeo island : place and people

pt. 2. Bodies, taboos and sociality

pt. 3. Landscape, knowledge and leadership

pt. 4. Politics of belonging.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857450340

0857450344

OCLC:

733040239