Title The lost drum : the myth of sexuality in Papua New Guinea and beyond / James F. Weiner

Published Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [1995] ©1995

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Description xxi, 199 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Series New directions in anthropological writing New directions in anthropological writing. Contents Introduction: The Object(s) of Myth -- Pt. I. Caducity. Ch. 1. The Little Other Myth -- Pt. II. The Time of Analysis. Ch. 2. Convention and Motivation in Foi Myth. Ch. 3. The Space and Time of Sexuality -- Pt. III. Detachment and Containment. Ch. 4. The Hunger People. Ch. 5. The Lost Drum. Ch. 6. The Stolen String Bag. Ch. 7. The Origin of Petroleum at Lake Kutubu. Ch. 8. Afterword: The Resistance of Myth Analysis Ethnic groups Social interactions Papua New Guinea Ethnic groups Social interactions Papua New Guinea Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-195) and index Subject Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea. Ethnopsychology -- Papua New Guinea -- West Sepik Province Foi (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Mythology, Papuan. Rites and ceremonies -- Papua New Guinea. Psychoanalysis. Sex -- Mythology. Waina (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Yafar (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies. LC no. 95007739 ISBN 0299148602 0299148645

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