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Title
Anthropology in the high valleys : essays on the New Guinea highlands in honor of Kenneth E. Read
Type
Text
Subject
Ethnology--Papua New Guinea (LCSH)
Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs. (LCSH)
Read, Kenneth E.
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Portraits
Geographic Coverage
Papua New Guinea
Classification
LCC: DU740.42 .A57 1987
DDC: 306/.0995 full
Content
text
Table Of Contents
A day for stealing : deviance in a New Guinea society / L.L. Langness
Semen, spittle, blood, and sweat : a New Guinea theory of nutrition / Anna Meigs
"Taboos" and statements about taboos : issues in the taxonomic analysis of behavioral restrictions among the New Guinea Kafe / Harold G. Levine
Laying down the law in their own fashion / Marie Reay
Church law, court law / George D. Westermark
Em Strongpela Meri / K.J. Pataki-Schweizer
Daribi and Barok images of public man / Roy Wagner
Initiation as experience / Terence E. Hays
The accountability of Sambia initiates / Gilbert H. Herdt
Morality, personhood, tricksters, and youths : some narrative images of ethics among Bimin-Kuskusmin / Fitz John Porter Poole
Bibliography of Kenneth E. Read / compiled by Terence E. Hays.
Authorized Access Point
Langness, L. L. (Lewis L.), 1929- Anthropology in the high valleys : essays on the New Guinea highlands in honor of Kenneth E. Read