Foodways and empathy [[electronic resource] ] : relatedness in a Ramu River society, Papua New Guinea / / Anita von Poser
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Poser Anita von
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Foodways and empathy [[electronic resource] ] : relatedness in a Ramu River society, Papua New Guinea / / Anita von Poser
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.89912 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Ramu River Valley (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Foodways and empathy |
| ISBN: | 1-78533-220-1 |
| 0-85745-920-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910479974003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific