The heart of the pearl shell : the mythological dimension of Foi sociality / / James F. Weiner |
Autore | Weiner James F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [1988] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 995/.0049912 |
Collana | Studies in Melanesian anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Foi (Papua New Guinean people)
Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania History & Archaeology |
ISBN | 0-585-13502-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Ethnographic Setting -- The Responsibility of Males -- Oil, Shells, and Meat: The Media of Foi Sociality -- The Solicitude of Affines -- Metaphor and Substitution -- Obviation and Myth -- Intersexual Mediation -- Female Reproductivity -- The Anxiety of Affines -- Complementarity, Exchange, and Reciprocity -- The Hidden Myth. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910496148103321 |
Weiner James F.
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Songs of the empty place : the memorial poetry of the Foi of the Southern highlands province of Papua New Guinea / / James F. Weiner and Don Niles |
Autore | Weiner James F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 995.0049912 |
Collana | Monographs in Anthropology Series |
Soggetto topico |
Foi (Papua New Guinean people)
Ethnomusicology - Papua New Guinea Folk music - Papua New Guinea |
Soggetto non controllato |
foi
papua new guinea ethnomusicology anthropology Bamboo Bird Eye Eye Fasu language Iowa Kaluli people Longhouse Sago |
ISBN | 1-925022-23-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131647003321 |
Weiner James F.
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ANU Press, 2015 | ||
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