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) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521385046 - September 20, 1990
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Stealing People's Names: History and Politics in a Sepik River Cosmology - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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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.


234 pages, 3 halftones, 3 tables, 6 diagrams, 3 maps, bibliography

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Released September 20, 1990
ISBN13 9780521385046
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 238
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 17 mm   ·   475 g
Language English  

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