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Author Gewertz, Deborah B., 1948-

Title Twisted histories, altered contexts : representing the Chambri in a world system / Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington
Published Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1991

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 W'PONDS  305.89912 Gew/Tha  AVAILABLE
Description xiv, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction: On writing the Chambri -- 1. The new traditionalism : tourism and its transformation -- 2. The initiation : making men in 1987 -- 3. The town -- 4. Western representations at home -- 5. The written word -- 6. Negotiating the state -- Conclusion: Interlocking stories, intersecting lives -- Appendix A: Godfried Kolly's life story
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index
Subject Acculturation -- Papua New Guinea.
Chambri (Papua New Guinean people) -- Economic conditions.
Chambri (Papua New Guinean people) -- Ethnic identity.
Chambri (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social conditions.
Chambri (Papua New Guinea) -- Ethnic identity
Author Errington, Frederick Karl.
LC no. 90043063
ISBN 0521395879 (paperback)
0521400120 (hbk.)
9780521395878 (paperback)
9780521400121 (hbk.)