Ancestral Presence - Cosmology and Historical Experience in the Papuan Highlands

Ancestral Presence tells a history that has more than one history in it while also telling the story of the relation between worlds.

Table des matières

Prologue: A Path to Fuda; Introduction: What Causes Change?; Part I: Tidibe; 1.Tidibe as Creator Force; 2. Tidibe as Myth and Mythopoeia; Part II: In the Way of Tidibe; 3. Gab Transforming; 4. Exchange; 5. One Skin; 6. Dance; Part III: Centre of the World; 7. Mission; 8. Market; 9. Law; Conclusion: History and Tidibe: A Symmetical Inversion

A propos de l'auteur

Eric Hirsch is Reader in Anthropology at Brunel University London. He has a longstanding interest in the anthropology and history of Papua New Guinea and Melanesia more generally. His most recent publication is The Melanesian World (co-edited with Will Rollason), Routledge, 2019.

Résumé

Ancestral Presence tells a history that has more than one history in it while also telling the story of the relation between worlds.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Eric Hirsch, Eric (Brunel University Hirsch, Hirsch Eric
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367357931
• ISBN: 978-0-367-35793-1
• Pages: 238
• Thème: The Anthropology of History
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology