Description |
xiii, 298 pages : illustrations, 2 maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction: the problem and the people; 2. Between village and bush; 3. Body and cosmos; 4. Sex, procreation and menstruation; 5. Male and female; 6. Kin, clan and connubium; 7. Feasts of death: de-conception and re-conception; 8. Feasts of death: the sons of Akaisa; 9. Tikopia and the Trobriands; 10. Conclusions, indigenous categories, cultural wholes and historical process; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Analysis |
Papua New Guinea Bush Mekeo Cultural processes - Structuralist perspectives |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 278-288 |
Notes |
Online version of the print title |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader |
Subject |
Mekeo (Papua New Guinean people)
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LC no. |
84019906 |
ISBN |
0521264529 |
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