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Strathern, A.

 
9781403964915: Empowering the Past, Confronting the Future: The Duna People of Papua New Guinea
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ISBN 10 : 1403964912 ISBN 13 : 9781403964915
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Synopsis

How have the Aluni Valley Duna people of Papua New Guinea responded to the challenges of colonial and post-colonial changes that have entered their lifeworld since the middle of the Twentieth-Century? Living in a corner of the world influenced by mining companies but relatively neglected in terms of government-sponsored development, these people have dealt creatively with forces of change by redeploying their own mythological themes about the cosmos in order to make claims on outside corporations and by subtly combining features of their customary practices with forms of Christianity, attempting to empower their past as a means of confronting the future.

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À propos de l'auteur

Author Pamela J. Stewart: Pamela J. Stewart is Senior Research Associate in Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1403964912
ISBN 13 
9781403964915
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
204
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