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Stealing People S Names
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Author : Simon J. Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-06-01
Stealing People S Names written by Simon J. Harrison 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 2006-06-01 with Social Science categories.
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 analyzes the significance of names in the context of Avatip ritual, cosmology, and concepts of the person, and shows how the Avatip system of names parallels the gift-exchange systems of many other Melanesian societies. In ritualized debates, which form the arena of Avatip political life, rival leaders and the groups they represent struggle in oratorical contests for the possession of strategic names, and as they do so, continually manipulate myth, ritual and cosmology. By exploiting the inner possibilities of this symbolically constituted economy, these competitive processes over the past century have been progressively transforming the political system from a relatively egalitarian type to one based on hereditary inequality and rank. The author offers a critique of the analytical separation of economy and the symbolic order, arguing that it obscures the processes of political evolution in Melanesia and disguises the fundamental similarities underlying the sociocultural diversity of the region.
In The People S Name
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Author : Henry Willard Austin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
In The People S Name written by Henry Willard Austin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with categories.
Word Hunters
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Author : Hannah Sarvasy
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2018-02-15
Word Hunters written by Hannah Sarvasy and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In Word Hunters, eleven distinguished linguists reflect on their career-spanning linguistic fieldwork. Over decades, each has repeatedly stood up to physical, intellectual, interpersonal, intercultural, and sometimes political challenges in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. These scholar-explorers have enlightened the world to the inner workings of languages in remote communities of Africa (West, East, and South), Amazonia, the Arctic, Australia, the Caucasus, Oceania, Siberia, and East Asia. They report some linguistic eureka moments, but also discuss cultural missteps, illness, and the other challenges of pursuing linguistic data in extreme circumstances. They write passionately about language death and their responsibilities to speech communities. The stories included here—the stuff of departmental and family legends—are published publicly for the first time.
Stealing People S Names
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Author : Simon Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1990
Stealing People S Names written by Simon Harrison 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 1990 with History categories.
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 analyzes the significance of names in the context of Avatip ritual, cosmology, and concepts of the person, and shows how the Avatip system of names parallels the gift-exchange systems of many other Melanesian societies. In ritualized debates, which form the arena of Avatip political life, rival leaders and the groups they represent struggle in oratorical contests for the possession of strategic names, and as they do so, continually manipulate myth, ritual and cosmology. By exploiting the inner possibilities of this symbolically constituted economy, these competitive processes over the past century have been progressively transforming the political system from a relatively egalitarian type to one based on hereditary inequality and rank. The author offers a critique of the analytical separation of economy and the symbolic order, arguing that it obscures the processes of political evolution in Melanesia and disguises the fundamental similarities underlying the sociocultural diversity of the region.
Born To Steal
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Author : Gary Weiss
language : en
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date : 2003-05-01
Born To Steal written by Gary Weiss and has been published by Grand Central Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Shares the inside story of Wall Street's notorious ``chop houses,'' the crooked Mob-run brokerages where rampant thievery netted several billion dollars from gullible investors.
Names Of God And Other Bible Studies
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Author : Rose Publishing
language : en
Publisher: Rose Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2008
Names Of God And Other Bible Studies written by Rose Publishing and has been published by Rose Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
Names of God and Other Bible Studies contains favorite Bible studies to use in small groups, church groups, and for individual study. This full-color book contains studies on the Names of God, Names of Jesus, Names of the Holy Spirit, Trinity, Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer, Beatitudes, Fruit of the Spirit, and Armor of God. 112 pages. Includes color charts, illustrations, and photos throughout.
Shifting Contexts
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Author : Marilyn Strathern
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-09-10
Shifting Contexts written by Marilyn Strathern and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-10 with Social Science categories.
To suppose anthropological analysis can shift between global and local perspectives may well imply that the two co-exist as broader and narrower horizons or contexts of knowledge. The proof for this can be found in ethnographic accounts where contrasts are repeatedly drawn between the encompassing realm and everyday life or in value systems which sumultaneously trivialise and aggrandise or in shifts between what pertains to the general or to the particular.
Stealing People S Names
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Author : Simon Joseph Harrison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Stealing People S Names written by Simon Joseph Harrison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Ethnology categories.
Three Elema Myths
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Author : Herbert A. Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Three Elema Myths written by Herbert A. Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Penal Code
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Author : Texas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
Penal Code written by Texas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Criminal law categories.