Being Mande : person, land and names : among the Hinihon in the Adelbert Range, Papua New Guinea / Angella Meinerzag.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meinerzag, Angella, author.

Series:

Heidelberg studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 3.

Heidelberg studies in Pacific anthropology ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mandingo (African people).

Mandingo (African people)--History.

Mandingo (African people)--Ethnic identity.

Mande languages.

Ethnology--New Guinea--Adelbert Range.

Ethnology.

Madang Province (Papua New Guinea)--Languages.

Madang Province (Papua New Guinea).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph presents an in-depth study of the Hinihon people in a remote mountainous area of the Adelbert Range, a part of Papua New Guinea under-represented in ethnography. Based on sound ethnographic fieldwork and by combining theoretical elements of the Anthropology of Landscape and the Anthropology of Person, the author explores the previously unknown local world of these 'semi-nomadic' people, as well as historical material. Who are the Hinihon and what constitutes Hinihon personhood? Of paramount importance for their cultural identity is the distinct naming system that indicates birth

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Maps; 1 The Adelbert Range in Papua New Guinea; 1 INTRODUCTION; In the Field; 2 Road and paths on the route Madang - Hinihon; 3 Villages of the Adelbert Range; Theoretical Premises and Research Methods; Main Informants; Pictures; 1 Apua and I in Abebete, June 2004; 2 Konorobam, June 2004; 2 ETHNOGRAPHIC CONTEXT; Retracing the Past; Tables; 1 Village names and the corresponding language groups; 3 The village of Aton, October 2000; Places to Live: Villages, Hamlets and Gardens; 4 Villages, hamlets and gardens within Hinihon territory

4 The garden house in Bumok with Selukum, July 2004Socio-Cultural Organisation: Melek (the Sister's Child) is the 'Star'; Drawing and Chart; Drawing 1: The star constellation Wahib Melek Amun, drawn by Ossil, July 2004; 2 Features attributed to the Hinihon clans; 3 PERSON; Theoretical Background; Hinihon Personhood; Traits of Sociality: From Receiving to Giving; 5 Child of Andobifoa coming back from garden work with her parents in Aton, November 2000; 6 Children 'planting' their garden, June 2004; Achieving 'Personhood in Between': Mande Kokom

7 Sections in the garden in Nolumenda with kokom, May 2004Conclusion; 4 LAND; Anthropology of Landscape; Empty Villages and Nomadic Gardeners; The Meaning of Land; Networks of Places in the Flux; Chart 1: Garden patchwork in Olipe; Establishing Social Continuity; Conclusion; 5 NAMES; Theoretical Approaches to Personal Names; The Hinihon System of Naming; Opu Ondik: 'Talk without Meaning'; 3 Family positions of the Andobekar clan; 4 Case study of Andobembam's children; 5 Family positions of all Hinihon clans; 'Shell' and 'Essence': The Transfer of a Name; Avoiding the Name - Evading the Person

Conclusion6 SYNTHESIS: PERSON, LAND AND NAMES; Glossary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 6, 2015).

ISBN:

9783825375003

3825375005