The Heart Of The Pearl Shell
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The Heart Of The Pearl Shell
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Author : James F. Weiner
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
The Heart Of The Pearl Shell written by James F. Weiner and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with Social Science categories.
For the Foi people who live on the edge of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the flow of pearl shells is the "heart" of their social life. The pearl shell is the exchange item that mediates the creation of their most important sexual and social roles. The Heart of the Pearl Shell analyzes a number of myths of the Foi people, elegantly bringing together significant ethnographic materials in a way that has important implications for the development of social theory in anthropology and in Melanesian studies. Scholars of semiotic-symbolic anthropology and of comparative religion will also share the author's interest in the meaning and role of mythology in Foi culture. Instead of relying on orthodox methods of Freudian or structuralist interpretation, James Weiner assumes there is a dialectical relationship between the images of Foi myth and the images of the Foi's social world. He demonstrates how each set of these images is dependent upon the other for its creation. This innovative study locates Foi social meaning in the re-creation and attempted solution of the moral dilemmas that are crystallized in mythology and other poetic usages. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.
The Heart Of The Pearl Shell
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Author : James F. Weiner
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-08-19
The Heart Of The Pearl Shell written by James F. Weiner and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-19 with Social Science categories.
For the Foi people who live on the edge of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the flow of pearl shells is the "heart" of their social life. The pearl shell is the exchange item that mediates the creation of their most important sexual and social roles. The Heart of the Pearl Shell analyzes a number of myths of the Foi people, elegantly bringing together significant ethnographic materials in a way that has important implications for the development of social theory in anthropology and in Melanesian studies. Scholars of semiotic-symbolic anthropology and of comparative religion will also share the author's interest in the meaning and role of mythology in Foi culture. Instead of relying on orthodox methods of Freudian or structuralist interpretation, James Weiner assumes there is a dialectical relationship between the images of Foi myth and the images of the Foi's social world. He demonstrates how each set of these images is dependent upon the other for its creation. This innovative study locates Foi social meaning in the re-creation and attempted solution of the moral dilemmas that are crystallized in mythology and other poetic usages. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.
The Heart Of The Pearl Shell
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Author : James Fredric Weiner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Heart Of The Pearl Shell written by James Fredric Weiner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Folklore categories.
House Documents
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
House Documents written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
Bulletin Of The Bureau Of Fisheries
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Bulletin Of The Bureau Of Fisheries written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Fish-culture categories.
Tree Leaf Talk
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Author : James F. Weiner
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2001-10
Tree Leaf Talk written by James F. Weiner and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10 with Social Science categories.
This book explores the relationship between Martin Heidegger's work and modern anthropology.
The Lost Drum
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Author : James F. Weiner
language : en
Publisher: New Directions in Anthropologi
Release Date : 1995
The Lost Drum written by James F. Weiner and has been published by New Directions in Anthropologi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Psychology categories.
The Lost Drum is both a theoretical experiment in anthropology and a provocative analysis of myth and ritual in Papua New Guinea societies. James F. Weiner offers the first comprehensive attempt to fashion an anthropological method from the psychoanalytic theories of Jacques Lacan and extends his own previous work on Melanesian sociality and language. Applying literary, psychoanalytic, and hermeneutic theories to myths of the Foi, Marind-anim, Yafar, and Gimi peoples, Weiner shows how mythic narratives reveal the productive and consumptive processes that compose the New Guinea person and body. He uncovers a discourse on sexuality, consumption, voice, and subjectivity that both challenges the neo-Freudian paradigm that has dominated psychological anthropology and disputes the reciprocity and exchange models of social integration that have characterized descriptions of Melanesian society. Expanding upon Roy Wagner's theory of symbolic obviation, Weiner argues against constructionist readings of text: "myth does not represent social reality but only models a specific way of making it visible." In The Lost Drum, he traces the route of certain objects--the string bag, the drum, the bullroarer, the flute-as their meanings unfold in the mythical narratives of Papua New Guinea. In so doing, he illuminates the instability of social and sexual identities in Melanesia.
Book Notes
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Book Notes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with American literature categories.
Pearl And Pearl Shell Fisheries Of Northern Queensland
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Author : William Saville-Kent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Pearl And Pearl Shell Fisheries Of Northern Queensland written by William Saville-Kent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Pearl fisheries categories.
Bijdragen Tot De Taal Land En Volkenkunde Van Nederlandsch Indi
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Bijdragen Tot De Taal Land En Volkenkunde Van Nederlandsch Indi written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Ethnology categories.
"Literatur-overzicht" issued with v. 95.