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The magical body : power, fame, and meaning in a Melanesian society
- Title
- The magical body : power, fame, and meaning in a Melanesian society / Richard Eves.
- Author
- Eves, Richard.
- Publication
- Australia : Harwood Academic Publishers, ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DU740.42 .E93 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 302 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This is an exploration of the relationship between magic, power, and the body and the way that these are refashioned when they encounter modernity for the Melanesian people, the Lelet of central New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
- Series Statement
- Studies in anthropology and history, 1055-2464 ; v. 23
- Uniform Title
- Studies in anthropology and history ; v. 23.
- Subject
- Mandak (Papua New Guinean people) > Rites and ceremonies
- Mandak (Papua New Guinean people) > Food
- Mandak (Papua New Guinean people) > Agriculture
- Human body > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea > New Ireland Province
- Human body > Symbolic aspects > Papua New Guinea > New Ireland Province
- Magic > Papua New Guinea > New Ireland Province
- Magic
- Manners and customs
- Human body > Social aspects
- Human body > Symbolic aspects
- Körper
- Magie
- Landwirtschaft
- Menselijk lichaam
- Magie
- Papoea's
- Körperbild > Papua-Neuguinea > Neuirland > Mandak
- Corps humain > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
- Iwi taketake
- New Ireland Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs
- Papua New Guinea > New Ireland Province
- Mandak > Papua-Neuguinea > Neuirland > Körperbild
- Neuirland > Mandak > Körperbild
- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Moeurs et coutumes
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Empowering Bodies, Engendering Bodies -- 2. From Colonialism to Cash Crops -- 3. Christianity, Conversion and Magic -- 4. Embodying Kinship: Shame, Sex and Shell Valuables -- 5. Other Bodies, Other Powers: The World of Non-Human Beings -- 6. The Origins of Taro and the Culture of Famine -- 7. The Magical World of the Garden -- 8. Feasting and Fame: Finishing the Dead and Lifting up the Names of the Living.
- ISBN
- 9057023059
- 9789057023057
- LCCN
- 99458463
- OCLC
- ocm40437614
- 40437614
- SCSB-537347
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library