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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baal, Jan van.

Series:

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

VKI E-Book Collection, Vols. 1-100, ISBN: 9789004287013.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Verschueren, J.

Yei (New Guinean people).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 107 pages, [1] leaf of plates) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

The Hague : M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-107).

Other Format:

Online version: Baal, Jan van. Jan Verschueren's description of Yéi-nan culture.

ISBN:

9789004287303

OCLC:

13580661

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004287303 DOI

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.