Remaking the World - Myth, Mining, and Ritual Change Among the Duna of Papua New Guinea (Paperback)

Drawing on both their own fieldwork from 1991 to 1999 and older written sources, Stewart and Strathern explore how the Duna have remade their rituals and associated myths in response to the outside influences of government, Christianity, and large-scale economic development, specifically mining and oil prospecting. The authors provide in-depth ethnographic materials on the Duna and present many detailed descriptions of ritual practices that have been abandoned. Remaking the World is a timely contribution to the literature on agency and the making of cultural identity by indigenous peoples facing economic, social, and political change.

General

Imprint:	Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	September 2014
Authors:	Pamela J. Stewart • Andrew Strathern
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	235
ISBN-13:	978-1-935623-61-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-935623-61-3
Barcode:	9781935623618

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