Society of others: kinship and mourning in a west papuan place
Auteur :
Stasch, Rupert
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520256866
Date de publication :
2 juin 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A study that upsets the popular assumption that human relations in small-scale societies are based on shared experience. It presents an account of the lives of the Korowai of West Papua, Indonesia, and shows that in this society, people organize their connections to each another around otherness.