Baining Life And Lore
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Baining Life And Lore
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Author : Karl D. Hesse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Baining Life And Lore written by Karl D. Hesse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Baining (Papua New Guinean people) categories.
They Make Themselves
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Author : Jane Fajans
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1997-08-04
They Make Themselves written by Jane Fajans and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08-04 with Social Science categories.
For generations of anthropologists, the Baining people have presented a challenge, because of their apparent lack of cultural or social structure. This group of small-scale horticulturists seems devoid of the complex belief systems and social practices that characterize other traditional peoples of Papua New Guinea. Their daily existence is mundane and repetitive in the extreme, articulated by only the most elementary familial relationships and social connections. The routine of everyday life, however, is occasionally punctuated by stunningly beautiful festivals of masked dancers, which the Baining call play and to which they attribute no symbolic significance. In a new work sure to evoke considerable repercussions and debate in anthropological theory, Jane Fajans courageously takes on the "Baining Problem," arguing that the Baining define themselves not through intricate cosmologies or social networks, but through the meanings generated by their own productive and reproductive work.
A Distinctive Voice In The Antipodes
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Author : Kirsty Gillespie
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2017-07-17
A Distinctive Voice In The Antipodes written by Kirsty Gillespie and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-17 with Music categories.
This volume of essays honours the life and work of Stephen A. Wild, one of Australia’s leading ethnomusicologists. Born in Western Australia, Wild studied at Indiana University in the USA before returning to Australia to pursue a lifelong career with Indigenous Australian music. As researcher, teacher, and administrator, Wild’s work has impacted generations of scholars around the world, leading him to be described as ‘a great facilitator and a scholar who serves humanity through music’ by Andrée Grau, Professor of the Anthropology of Dance at University of Roehampton, London. Focusing on the music of Aboriginal Australia and the Pacific Islands, and the concerns of archiving and academia, the essays within are authored by peers, colleagues, and former students of Wild. Most of the authors are members of the Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania of the International Council for Traditional Music, an organisation that has also played an important role in Wild’s life and development as a scholar of international standing. Ranging in scope from the musicological to the anthropological—from technical musical analyses to observations of the sociocultural context of music—these essays reflect not only on the varied and cross-disciplinary nature of Wild’s work, but on the many facets of ethnomusicology today.
A Grammar Of Qaqet
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Author : Birgit Hellwig
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-04-15
A Grammar Of Qaqet written by Birgit Hellwig and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This grammar is a first detailed description of Qaqet, a non-Austronesian language spoken in the mountainous interior of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Qaqet belongs to the small Baining language family (comprising six languages), but its wider genetic affiliations remain unclear. It is included among the geographically-defined East Papuan languages. The grammar presents a synchronic description of the language. From a language family perspective, the Baining languages are structurally fairly similar, but there are considerable differences in detail that point to different language-internal developments and grammaticalization paths. From an East Papuan and areal perspective, Qaqet exhibits both typical East Papuan features (e.g., nominal classification, possessor/possessed order, highly compositional lexicon) as well as areal features (e.g., AVO ~ SV constituent order, articles and determiners, prepositions). The description is based on primary data collected during fieldwork (from 2011 onwards), including both natural and elicited data. The description thereby provides new analyses and insights that are relevant to our understanding of the genetic and areal relationships in this region.
The Garland Encyclopedia Of World Music
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Author : J.W. Love
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-25
The Garland Encyclopedia Of World Music written by J.W. Love and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-25 with Music categories.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Oral Traditions Of Southeast Asia And Oceania
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Author : Herman C. Kemp
language : en
Publisher: Yayasan Obor Indonesia
Release Date : 2004
Oral Traditions Of Southeast Asia And Oceania written by Herman C. Kemp and has been published by Yayasan Obor Indonesia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.
The Pacific Islands
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Author : Moshe Rapaport
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2013-05-31
The Pacific Islands written by Moshe Rapaport and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-31 with Social Science categories.
The Pacific is the last major world region to be discovered by humans. Although small in total land area, its numerous islands and archipelagoes with their startlingly diverse habitats and biotas, extend across a third of the globe. This revised edition of a popular text explores the diverse landforms, climates, and ecosystems of the Pacific island region. Multiple chapters, written by leading specialists, cover the environment, history, culture, population, and economy. The work includes new or completely revised chapters on gender, music, logging, development, education, urbanization, health, ocean resources, and tourism. Throughout two key issues are addressed: the exceptional environmental challenges and the demographic/economic/political challenges facing the region. Although modern technology and media and waves of continental tourists are fast eroding island cultures, the continuing resilience of Pacific island populations is apparent. This is the only contemporary text on the Pacific Islands that covers both environment and sociocultural issues and will thus be indispensable for any serious student of the region. Unlike other reviews, it treats the entirety of Oceania (with the exception of Australia) and is well illustrated with numerous photos and maps, including a regional atlas. Contributors: David Abbott, Dennis A. Ahlburg, Glenn Banks, John Barker, Geoffrey Bertram, David A. Chappell, William C. Clarke, John Connell, Ron Crocombe, Julie Cupples, Derrick Depledge, Colin Filer, Gerard J. Fryer, Patricia Fryer, Brenden S. Holland, E. Alison Kay, David M. Kennedy, Lamont Lindstrom, Rick Lumpkin, Harley I. Manner, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Nancy McDowell, Hamish A. McGowan, Frank McShane, Simon Milne, R. John Morrison, Dieter Mueller-Dombois, Stephen G. Nelson, Patrick D. Nunn, Michael R. Ogden, Andrew Pawley, Jean-Louis Rallu, Vina Ram-Bidesi, Moshe Rapaport, Annette Sachs Robertson, Richard Scaglion, Donovan Storey, Andrew P. Sturman, Lynne D. Talley, James P. Terry, Randolph R. Thaman, Frank R. Thomas, Caroline Vercoe, Terence Wesley-Smith, Paul Wolffram.
Payback
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Author : G. W. Trompf
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-07-14
Payback written by G. W. Trompf and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-07-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this ambitious study, the first monograph on religion and "the logic of retribution," Professor Trompf shows how various aspects of "payback," both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life. The book explores the reasons why people "pay back" and opens up a whole new dimension in the cross-cultural study of human consciousness. The author conducts his readers through the most complex anthropological pageant on earth, illustrating his arguments from western New Guinea to Fiji.
Genes Language Culture History In The Southwest Pacific
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Author : Jonathan S. Friedlaender
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007-04-19
Genes Language Culture History In The Southwest Pacific written by Jonathan S. Friedlaender and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-19 with History categories.
The broad arc of islands north of Australia that extends from Indonesia east towards the central Pacific is home to a set of human populations whose concentration of diversity is unequaled elsewhere. Approximately 20% of the worlds languages are spoken here, and the biological and genetic heterogeneity among the groups is extraordinary. Anthropologist W.W. Howells once declared diversity in the region so Protean as to defy analysis. However, this book can now claim considerable success in describing and understanding the origins of the genetic and linguistic variation there.In order to cut through this biological knot, the authors have applied a comprehensive battery of genetic analyses to an intensively sampled set of populations, and have subjected these and complementary linguistic data to a variety of phylogenetic analyses. This has revealed a number of heretofore unknown ancient Pleistocene genetic variants that are only found in these island populations, and has also identified the genetic footprints of more recent migrants from Southeast Asia who were the ancestors of the Polynesians. The book lays out the very complex structure of the variation within and among the islands in this relatively small region, and a number of explanatory models are tested to see which best account for the observed pattern of genetic variation here. The results suggest that a number of commonly used models of evolutionary divergence are overly simple in their assumptions, and that often human diversity has accumulated in very complex ways.
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia Of World Music
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Author : Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-11
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia Of World Music written by Garland Encyclopedia of World Music and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with Music categories.
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music comprises two volumes, and can only be purchased as the two-volume set.To purchase the set please go to: http://www.routledge.com/9780415972932.