Magicians of Manumanua : Living Myth in Kalauna / Michael W. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Michael W., 1937- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kalauna (Papua New Guinean people).

Kalauna (Papua New Guinean people)--Folklore.

Mythology, Melanesian--Papua New Guinea--Goodenough Island.

Mythology, Melanesian.

Political anthropology--Papua New Guinea--Goodenough Island.

Political anthropology.

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

Goodenough Island (Papua New Guinea).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.) : 2 maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1983]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. Of Myths and Men

2. The House of Lulauvile

3. Time's Serpent Honoyeta

4. The Blood of Malaveyoyo

5. The Jaw of Tobowa

6. The Head of Didiala

7. The Bones of Iyahalina

8. The Belly of Kimaola

9. Revelations

Epilogue

Appendix I. The Myth of Vatako: An Interrupted Narration

Appendix II. The Myth of Honoyeta: Kafatoudi's Version

Notes

Glossary of Kalauna Terms

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520320338

0520320336

OCLC:

1149507596