Anthropological knowledge, secrecy and bolivip, papua new guinea: exchanging skin
Auteur :
Crook, Tony
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780197264003
Date de publication :
6 sept. 2007
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
715 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study of one of the most enigmatic cultures in the world looks at the nature of knowledge in the Min area of Papua New Guinea (where sharing knowledge is believed to be like exchanging skin), and uses these understandings to consider our own anthropological notions of knowledge.