Description |
xv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 56 |
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Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 56
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Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; no. 56
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. Introduction to Baruya society -- Part I. Social Hierarchies in Baruya Society: 2. Women's subordinate position -- 3. The institution and legitimization of male superiority: initiations and the separation of the sexes -- Part II. The Production of Great Men: Powers Inherited, Power Merited: 4. Male hierarchies -- 5. The discovery of great men -- 6. General view of Baruya social hierarchies -- 7. The nature of man/woman relations among the Baruya: violence and consent, resistance and repression -- 8. Great men societies, big men societies: two alternative logics of society -- Part III. Recent Transformations of Baruya Society: 9. The colonial order and independence -- Conclusion -- 10. The ventriloquist's dummy -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
"...Long-time columnist, author and radio/TV personality, Don Riley captures all the punch lines in this blast from the past. Belly laughs are punctuated with tears as the reader hears of free-wheeling promoters caught in a cyclone of events, the kind which made this era one to be long remembered"...cover |
Analysis |
New Guinea Baruya Social life |
Notes |
Includes index |
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Translation of: La production des grands hommes |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 239-244 |
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Includes index |
Notes |
Cambridge studies in social anthropology no:56 0068-6794 |
Subject |
Baruya (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs.
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Baruya (Papua New Guinean people)
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Male domination (Social structure) -- Papua New Guinea.
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Author |
Swyer, Rupert
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LC no. |
85005711 |
ISBN |
0521259177 |
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0521312124 (paperback) |
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