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Stealing People's Names

- History and Politics in a Sepik River Cosmology

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Among the people of Avatip, a community in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, the most prestigious and valued forms of wealth are personal names. In this intriguing study, Simon Harrison analyses the significance of names in the context of Avatip ritual, cosmology and concepts of the person.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521385046
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 238
  • Udgivet:
  • 20. september 1990
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x17 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 475 g.
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 26. november 2024

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Among the people of Avatip, a community in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, the most prestigious and valued forms of wealth are personal names. In this intriguing study, Simon Harrison analyses the significance of names in the context of Avatip ritual, cosmology and concepts of the person.

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