Stealing people's names: history and politics in a sepik river cosmology
Auteur :
Harrison, Simon J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521385046
Date de publication :
20 sept. 1990
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
520 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Among the people of Avatip, a community in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, the most prestigious and valued forms of wealth are personal names. In this intriguing study, Simon Harrison analyses the significance of names in the context of Avatip ritual, cosmology and concepts of the person.