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Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Ser.: Dancing Through Time : A Sepik Cosmology by Borut Telban (1999, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198233760

ISBN-139780198233763

eBay Product ID (ePID)655330

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDancing Through Time : a Sepik Cosmology

Publication Year1999

SubjectCosmology, Time, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions

TypeTextbook

AuthorBorut Telban

Subject AreaSocial Science, Science

SeriesOxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight22.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN98-004470

Reviews"Telban's study is a fascinating...discourse on the cosmology of the Karawari-speaking Ambonwari."--Choice, 'a fascinating though difficult discourse on the cosmology of the Karawari-speaking Ambonwari.'B M du Toit, Choice,, "Telban's study is a fascinating...discourse on the cosmology of the Karawari-speaking Ambonwari."-- Choice

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306/.9953

Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Ambonwari: The Way of the Village2. Person, Time, and Identity3. Social Institutions4. Kinship and Marriage5. Myth and Identity6. Spirits7. Transformation and PresentationConclusionBibliographyGlossary

SynopsisDancing Through Time presents a rich and incisive analysis of person, time, and identity among the Karawari speakers of Ambonwari village in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, through the examination of everyday practices, language, social institutions, kinship, myths, spirit things, rituals, and dances., Dancing through Time presents a rich and incisive analysis of person, time, and identity among the Karawari speakers of Ambonwari village in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, through the examination of everyday practices, language, social institutions, kinship, myths, spirit-things, rituals, and dances. In addition to its descriptive value, the book offers a fresh theoretical approach to the study of Melanesian cultures.

LC Classification NumberDU740.42.T45 1998