Conceiving cultures : reproducing people & places on Nuakata, Papua New Guinea / Shelley Mallett.

Author/creator Mallett, Shelley, 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Massim (Papua New Guinean people)--Social life and customs.
Birth customs--Papua New Guinea. --Nuakata Island.
Philosophy, Massim--Papua New Guinea. --Nuakata Island.
Nuakata Island (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs.

Contents Introduction : imagining the field -- Tracing Nuakata -- Colonial impregnations -- Bearing the inconceivable -- Belongings -- Planting the past, tending the future -- Living death -- Conclusion : remembering Nuakata.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-321) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Mallett, Shelley, 1960- Conceiving cultures. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003
Issued in other formOnline version: Mallett, Shelley, 1960- Conceiving cultures. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003
LCCN 2002013305
ISBN0472098284 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780472098286 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0472068288 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780472068289 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks DU740.42 .M353 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold