The heart of the pearl shell : the mythological dimension of Foi sociality / / James F. Weiner
| 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
| 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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