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The lost drum : the myth of sexuality in Papua New Guinea and beyond
- Title
- The lost drum : the myth of sexuality in Papua New Guinea and beyond / James F. Weiner.
- Author
- Weiner, James F.
- Publication
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [1995], ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | GN671.N5 W45 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxi, 199 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- New directions in anthropological writing
- Uniform Title
- New directions in anthropological writing.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-195) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Object(s) of Myth -- Pt. I. Caducity. Ch. 1. The Little Other Myth -- Pt. II. The Time of Analysis. Ch. 2. Convention and Motivation in Foi Myth. Ch. 3. The Space and Time of Sexuality -- Pt. III. Detachment and Containment. Ch. 4. The Hunger People. Ch. 5. The Lost Drum. Ch. 6. The Stolen String Bag. Ch. 7. The Origin of Petroleum at Lake Kutubu. Ch. 8. Afterword: The Resistance of Myth.
- ISBN
- 0299148602 (alk. paper)
- 0299148645 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95007739
- OCLC
- ocm32199656
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries