Pre-Capitalism and Cosmology - Couverture souple

Miedema, J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9067652091 ISBN 13 : 9789067652094

Editeur : Foris Publications,The Netherlands, 1986

Synopsis

In this article, the author attempts to demonstrate that the study of inland fisheries can provide additional insight into the culture of the Meybrat, a tribal community living around the Ayamaru lakes in the northern part of the Western Bird's Head of Irian Jaya. The author discusses the following: the significance of pusaka (sacred hereditary goods) in fishery; the role of ancestor worship and cosmology; the rise of a class of native immigrant 'big men' such as 'bankers' in ikat textiles (kain timur); the role of imported kain pusaka as part of the so-called kain timur-complex; newly discovered aspects of myths from the western and eastern Bird's Head, that are often culturally imposed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Foris Publications,The Netherlands
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9067652091
• ISBN 13: 9789067652094
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 54
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible