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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479974003321

Autore

Poser Anita von

Titolo

Foodways and empathy [[electronic resource] ] : relatedness in a Ramu River society, Papua New Guinea / / Anita von Poser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013

ISBN

1-78533-220-1

0-85745-920-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific ; ; v.4

Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

305.89912

Soggetti

Bosmun (Papua New Guinean people) - Food - Social aspects

Bosmun (Papua New Guinean people) - Kinship

Bosmun (Papua New Guinean people) - Social life and customs

Food - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea - Ramu River Valley

Kinship - Papua New Guinea - Ramu River Valley

Electronic books.

Ramu River Valley (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Annotations to the Text; Introduction; Chapter One - The Ethnographic Frame; Chapter Two - The Sago Spirit's Legacy and Bosmun Sociality; Chapter Three - Nzari's Journey and the Enactment of Life-Cycle Events; Chapter Four - Ropor's Belly and Emplaced Empathy; Conclusion; Glossary; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through the sharing of food, people feel entitled to inquire into one another's lives and ponder one another's states in relation to their foodways. This in-depth study focuses on the Bosmun of Daiden, a Ramu River people in an under-represented area in the ethnography of Papua New Guinea, uncovering the conceptual convergence of local notions of relatedness, foodways, and empathy. In weaving together discussions about paramount values as passed on through myth, the expression of feelings in daily life, and the bodily experience of social



and physical environs, a life-world unfolds in which m