Creative land : place and procreation on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea / James Leach.
Creative land : place and procreation on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea / James Leach.
Creative land : place and procreation on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea / James Leach.
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Publisher
New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.
Date
2003.
Call Numbers
N306.83089/ 2
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: List of Maps, Figures, Tables, and Photographs ix -- Acknowledgements xi -- Notes on the Text xv -- Preface xvii --Introduction 1 -- The Rai Coast 1 --Chapter 1: Process and Kinship 21 -- Kinship, Process, and Creativity 22 -- Cognation and Flexibility 26 -- An Alter...
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Publisher
New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"The book contains a new critique of the genealogical model of kinship, suggesting that this model prevents us from grasping the way generative relations, including those to land and place, constitute persons on the Rai Coast. Analytic attention is focused upon the life cycle, marriage, exchange and artistic production as the activities in which su...
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Creative land : place and procreation on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea / James Leach.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index.
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N306.83089/ 2
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74VKDBkPVzab
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDBkPVzab
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ISBN
1571815562 (hardback : acid-free paper) :
9781571815569 (hardback : acid-free paper)
1571815562 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9781571815569 (hardback : acid-free paper) :
DDC
306.830899912
MMS ID
991019133379702626
