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Stealing People's Names: History and Politics in a Sepik River Cosmology - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Harrison, Simon J. (University of Ulster)
Stealing People's Names: History and Politics in a Sepik River Cosmology - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Harrison, Simon J. (University of Ulster)
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.
240 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 1, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521026475 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 229 × 16 mm · 381 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Fortes, Meyer |
| Series Editor | Goody, Jack |
| Series Editor | Leach, Edmund |
| Series Editor | Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja |
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