Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua : a configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat

Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua a configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat

This study, based on a lifelong involvement with New Guinea, compares the culture of the Kamoro (18,000 people) with that of their eastern neighbours, the Asmat (40,000), both living on the south coast of West Papua, Indonesia. The comparison, showing substantial differences as well as striking simi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pouwer, Jan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden - Boston Brill 2010
Leiden : 2010.
Colección:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 258.
Materias:
Mimika (Indonesian people)
Asmat (Indonesian people)
Ethnology.
Manners and customs.
Ritual.
Sex role.
Social conditions.
Papua Barat (Indonesia) > Social conditions.
Papua Barat (Indonesia) > Social life and customs.
Indonesia > Papua Barat.
indonesia
papua culture
oceanic studies
anthropology
gender studies
Asmat people
Canoe
Headhunting
Kamoro
Kamoro language
Sago
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419967206719

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