LEADER 02693nam 2200505 450 001 9910817767703321 005 20171118135000.0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781785333859 035 $a(CKB)4100000000775735 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4901397 035 $a(DE-B1597)637473 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781785333859 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000775735 100 $a20170419d2017 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCulture change and ex-change $esyncretism and anti-syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea /$fRegina Knapp 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (313 pages) $ccolor illustrations, maps 225 1 $aPerson, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ;$vvolume 6 311 $a1-78533-385-2 311 $a1-78533-384-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBena stories, histories and sociality -- Unexpected actions and strategic exchanges : leadership and economy -- In exchange with the world : the concept of person in Bena -- Changing exchanges : Bena life cycle rituals -- Magical practices and their transformations in modern Bena -- Sanguma : the 'essence-suckers' -- In exchange with God : Christianity in modern Bena -- Expect the unexpected : Scientology in Napamogona. 330 $a"How is cultural change perceived and performed by members of the Bena Bena language group, who live in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea? In her analysis, Knapp draws upon existing bodies of work on 'culture change', 'exchange' and 'person' in Melanesia but brings them together in a new way by conjoining traditional models with theoretical approaches of the new Melanesian ethnography and with collaborative, reflexive and reverse anthropology"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aPerson, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ;$vvolume 6. 606 $aBenabena (Papua New Guinean people)$xSocial life and customs 606 $aSocial change$zPapua New Guinea$zEastern Highlands Province 606 $aEthnology$zPapua New Guinea$zEastern Highlands Province 607 $aEastern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aBenabena (Papua New Guinean people)$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aSocial change 615 0$aEthnology 676 $a305.899/12 700 $aKnapp$b Regina$01596626 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817767703321 996 $aCulture change and ex-change$93918052 997 $aUNINA