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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Chapter I: Prologue
  • Chapter II: The ‘female’ contribution to life: Ema Kame rituals
  • Chapter III: The ‘male’ contribution to life: Kaware ritual
  • Chapter IV: The initiation of male adolescents
  • Chapter V: Marking death
  • Chapter VI: The theory of comparison and the context of the rituals
  • Chapter VII: Ema Kame and Emak Cem
  • Chapter VIII: Honouring the dead: Asmat display and performance
  • Chapter IX: Male to female: Social opposition versus communal solidarity
  • Chapter X: Initiating young males and commemorating the dead: On nose piercing and spirit poles
  • Chapter XI: Asmat headhunting and the initiation of male adolescents
  • Chapter XII: Conclusions
  • Chapter XIII: Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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