Title Cosmologies in the making : a generative approach to cultural variation in inner New Guinea / Fredrik Barth

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Description xi, 99 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 64 Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 64 Contents Machine derived contents note: Foreword Jack Goody -- Map -- 1. The problem -- 2. An attempt at systematic comparison: descent and ideas of conception -- 3. The possible interrelations of sub-traditions: reading sequence from distribution -- 4. The context for events of change -- 5. The results of process - variations in connotation -- 6. Secret thoughts and understandings -- 7. The stepwise articulation of a vision -- 8. Experience and concept formation -- 9. The insights pursued by Ok thinkers -- 10. General and comparative perspectives -- 11. Some reflections on theory and method -- Bibliography -- Index Analysis New Guinea Society - Anthropological perspectives Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 89-92 Notes Cambridge studies in social anthropology no:64 0068-6794 Subject Culture diffusion -- Case studies. Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea. Ok (Papua New Guinean people) -- Religion. Ok (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs. Social change -- Case studies. SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116522 LC no. 87008001 ISBN 0521342791

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