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From primitive to postcolonial in Melanesia and anthropology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knauft, Bruce M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1999]
Subjects:
Ethnology > Melanesia.
Melanesia > Social life and customs.
Melanesia > Social conditions.
Ethnology > Melanesia > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Melanesia as "culture area"
  • Bodily images in Melanesia: cultural substances and natural metaphors
  • Warfare and history in Melanesia
  • Gender and modernity in Melanesia and Amazonia
  • Post-Melanesian studies? A contemporary look at the anthropology of Melanesia.