Borut Telban

Dancing Through Time

A Sepik Cosmology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dancing Through Time presents a rich and incisive analysis of person, time, and identity among the Karawari speakers of Ambonwari village in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, through the examination of everyday practices, language, social institutions, kinship, myths, spirit things, rituals, and dances.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780198233763
• ISBN-10: 0198233760
• Artikelnr.: 22300124

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Ambonwari: The Way of the Village
2: Person, Time, and Identity
3: Social Institutions
4: Kinship and Marriage
5: Myth and Identity
6: Spirits
7: Transformation and Presentation
Conclusion
Bibliography
Glossary