Culture change and ex-change : syncretism and anti-syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea / / Regina Knapp |
Autore | Knapp Regina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 305.899/12 |
Collana | Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific |
Soggetto topico |
Benabena (Papua New Guinean people) - Social life and customs
Social change - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Ethnology - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bena 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796532503321 |
Knapp Regina
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Culture change and ex-change : syncretism and anti-syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea / / Regina Knapp |
Autore | Knapp Regina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 305.899/12 |
Collana | Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific |
Soggetto topico |
Benabena (Papua New Guinean people) - Social life and customs
Social change - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Ethnology - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bena 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817767703321 |
Knapp Regina
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New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women as unseen characters [[electronic resource] ] : male ritual in Papua New Guinea / / edited by Pascale Bonnemere |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 390/.09953 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BonnemerePascale |
Collana | Social anthropology in Oceania |
Soggetto topico |
Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) - Rites and ceremonies
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) - Rites and ceremonies Women, Sambia - Social conditions Women, Sambia - Attitudes Women, Hamtai - Social conditions Women, Hamtai - Attitudes Initiation rites - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Puberty rites - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Secret societies - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8122-0137-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note for Readers -- Introduction. The Presence of Women in New Guinea Secret Male Rituals: From Ritual Space to Ritual Process -- 1. Sambia Womens Positionality and Men's Rituals / Herdt, Gilbert -- 2. Embodiments of Detachment: Engendering Agency in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea / Bamford, Sandra C. -- 3. When Women Enter the Picture: Looking at Anga Initiations from the Mothers' Angle / Bonnemère, Pascale -- 4. Ujawe: The Ritual Transformation of Sons and Mothers / Rohatynskyj, Marta A. -- 5. The Bachelors and Their Spirit Wife: Interpreting the Omatisia Ritual of Porgera and Paiela / Biersack, Aletta -- 6. Cults, Closures, Collaborations / Strathern, Andrew / Stewart, Pamela J. -- 7. The Variability of Women's Involvement" in Anga Male Initiations / Lemonnier, Pierre -- 8. Of Human and Spirit Women: From Mother to Seductress to Second Wife / Wiessner, Polly -- 9. Relating to Women: Female Presence in Melanesian "Male Cults" / Knauft, Bruce M. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463258703321 |
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women as unseen characters : male ritual in Papua New Guinea / / edited by Pascale Bonnemere |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 254 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 390/.09953 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BonnemerePascale |
Collana | Social anthropology in Oceania |
Soggetto topico |
Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) - Rites and ceremonies
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) - Rites and ceremonies Women, Sambia - Social conditions Women, Sambia - Attitudes Women, Hamtai - Social conditions Women, Hamtai - Attitudes Initiation rites - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Puberty rites - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Secret societies - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropology
Folklore Gender Studies Linguistics Women's Studies |
ISBN | 0-8122-0137-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Note for Readers -- Introduction. The Presence of Women in New Guinea Secret Male Rituals: From Ritual Space to Ritual Process -- 1. Sambia Womens Positionality and Men's Rituals / Herdt, Gilbert -- 2. Embodiments of Detachment: Engendering Agency in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea / Bamford, Sandra C. -- 3. When Women Enter the Picture: Looking at Anga Initiations from the Mothers' Angle / Bonnemère, Pascale -- 4. Ujawe: The Ritual Transformation of Sons and Mothers / Rohatynskyj, Marta A. -- 5. The Bachelors and Their Spirit Wife: Interpreting the Omatisia Ritual of Porgera and Paiela / Biersack, Aletta -- 6. Cults, Closures, Collaborations / Strathern, Andrew / Stewart, Pamela J. -- 7. The Variability of Women's Involvement" in Anga Male Initiations / Lemonnier, Pierre -- 8. Of Human and Spirit Women: From Mother to Seductress to Second Wife / Wiessner, Polly -- 9. Relating to Women: Female Presence in Melanesian "Male Cults" / Knauft, Bruce M. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787524303321 |
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women as unseen characters : male ritual in Papua New Guinea / / edited by Pascale Bonnemere |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 254 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 390/.09953 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BonnemerePascale |
Collana | Social anthropology in Oceania |
Soggetto topico |
Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) - Rites and ceremonies
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) - Rites and ceremonies Women, Sambia - Social conditions Women, Sambia - Attitudes Women, Hamtai - Social conditions Women, Hamtai - Attitudes Initiation rites - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Puberty rites - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province Secret societies - Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province |
ISBN | 0-8122-0137-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Note for Readers -- Introduction. The Presence of Women in New Guinea Secret Male Rituals: From Ritual Space to Ritual Process -- 1. Sambia Womens Positionality and Men's Rituals / Herdt, Gilbert -- 2. Embodiments of Detachment: Engendering Agency in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea / Bamford, Sandra C. -- 3. When Women Enter the Picture: Looking at Anga Initiations from the Mothers' Angle / Bonnemère, Pascale -- 4. Ujawe: The Ritual Transformation of Sons and Mothers / Rohatynskyj, Marta A. -- 5. The Bachelors and Their Spirit Wife: Interpreting the Omatisia Ritual of Porgera and Paiela / Biersack, Aletta -- 6. Cults, Closures, Collaborations / Strathern, Andrew / Stewart, Pamela J. -- 7. The Variability of Women's Involvement" in Anga Male Initiations / Lemonnier, Pierre -- 8. Of Human and Spirit Women: From Mother to Seductress to Second Wife / Wiessner, Polly -- 9. Relating to Women: Female Presence in Melanesian "Male Cults" / Knauft, Bruce M. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817194903321 |
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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