Grass-clearing man

a factional ethnography of life in the New Guinea Highlands

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Grass-clearing man

a factional ethnography of life in the New Guinea Highlands

"This accessible ethnography is a factional account that depicts life in a stateless society of the New Guinea Highlands during the twentieth century. It explores a series of related events from the viewpoint of a fictional character, "Ongol," who lived his life in the Was valley. Although Ongol and the other characters whose lives enrich this narrative are fictional, the ethnography is factual; the exchange transactions and rituals did happen, the spells are genuine and recorded as recited, the customs surrounding marriage and kinship are practiced, and the subsistence regime exists. This creative yet factual ethnographic life history inspires students to grasp and retain core anthropological concepts associated with the people, practices, and events among the Wola living in the New Guinea Highlands."--ORIGINAL BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Waveland Press
Language
English
Pages
200

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Grass-clearing man: a factional ethnography of life in the New Guinea Highlands
2009, Waveland Press
in English
Cover of: Grass-clearing man
Grass-clearing man: a factional ethnography of life in the New Guinea Highlands
2009, Waveland Press
in English
Cover of: Grass-clearing man
Grass-clearing man: a factional ethnography of life in the New Guinea Highlands
2009, Waveland Press
in English
Cover of: Grass-clearing man
Grass-clearing man: a factional ethnography of life in the New Guinea Highlands
2009, Waveland Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200).

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Long Grove, Ill

Classifications

Library of Congress
DU740.42 .S543 2009, DU740.42 .S55 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
vii, 200 p. :
Number of pages
200

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23713643M
Internet Archive
grassclearingman0000sill
ISBN 10
1577666011
ISBN 13
9781577666011
LCCN
2009284246
OCLC/WorldCat
277203555

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