Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua : a configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat /

This study, based on a lifelong involvement with New Guinea, compares the culture of the Kamoro (18,000 people) with that of their eastern neighbours, the Asmat (40,000), both living on the south coast of West Papua, Indonesia. The comparison, showing substantial differences as well as striking simi...

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Main Author:	Pouwer, Jan (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	Software eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Leiden : KITLV Press, 2010.
Series:	Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 258.
Subjects:	Mimika (Indonesian people) Asmat (Indonesian people) Sex role > Indonesia > Papua Barat. Ritual > Indonesia > Papua Barat. Ethnology > Indonesia > Papua Barat. Papua Barat (Indonesia) > Social conditions. Papua Barat (Indonesia) > Social life and customs. Mimika (Peuple d'Indonésie) Asmat (Peuple d'Indonésie) Rôle selon le sexe > Indonésie > Papua Barat. Rituel > Indonésie > Papua Barat. Ethnologie > Indonésie > Papua Barat. Society and social sciences. Politics and government. HISTORY > Middle East > General. Ethnology. Manners and customs. Ritual. Sex role. Social conditions. Indonesia > Papua Barat. Ritual Kosmologie Geschlechterforschung Gesellschaft Kamoro > Volk Asmat Provinz Papua Sozialstruktur Sekseverschillen. Riten. Sociale verandering. Asmat. Kamoro (volk) Kamoro (taal) Papua (Indonesië) Kamoro (Volk) Oceanic studies Indonesia Papua culture gender studies anthropology Electronic books.
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