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  title info:
    title: Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua
    sub title: a configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat
  name:
    name part: Pouwer, Jan.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: aut
  name:
    name part: JSTOR (Organization)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    place:
      place term: Leiden
    publisher: KITLV Press
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages)
  abstract: 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 similarities, contributes to a deeper understanding of both cultures. Part I looks at Kamoro society and culture through the window of its ritual cycle, framed by gender. Part II widens the view, offering in a comparative fashion a more detailed analysis of the socio-political and cosmo-mythological setting of the Kamoro and the Asmat rituals. Next is a systematic comparison of the rituals. The comparison includes a cross-cultural, structural analysis of relevant myths. This publication is of interest to scholars and students in Oceanic studies and those drawn to the comparative study of cultures. Jan Pouwer (1924) started his career as a government anthropologist in West New Guinea in the 1950s and 1960s, with periods of intensive fieldwork, in particular among the Kamoro. A distinguished anthropologist, he held professorships at universities around the world.
  table of contents: Part one: Gender and the ritual cycle in Mimika -- ch. 1: Prologue -- ch. 2: The 'female' contribution to life Ema Kame rituals -- ch. 3: The 'male' contribution to life Kaware ritual -- ch. 4: The initiation of male adolescents -- ch. 5: Marking death -- Part two: The Kamoro in relation to the Asmat -- ch. 6: The theory of comparison and the context of the rituals -- ch. 7: Ema Kame and Emak Cem -- ch. 8: Honouring the dead Asmat display and performance -- ch. 9: Male to female social opposition versus communal solidarity -- ch. 10: Initiating young males and commemorating the dead on nose piercing and spirit poles -- ch. 11: Asmat headhunting and the initiation of male adolescents -- ch. 12: Conclusions -- ch. 13: Epilogue.
  table of contents: The second stage Demonstrating skills -- The third stage Providing the insignia of manhood -- V. Marking death -- Critical illness, passing away and mourning -- Disposal of the dead and bereavement -- Ceremony marking the end of mourning -- Ritual cleansing and cancellation of food taboos -- House of the corpse ceremony -- Spirit platform ritual -- Lifting the head-covering -- pt. Two The Kamoro in relation to the Asmat -- VI. The theory of comparison and the context of the rituals -- The theory -- Languages -- Sago stands, riverine, marine and horticultural resources -- Types of kinship and descent -- Residential aggregates and political affiliations -- Pervasiveness of dual organization -- Cosmology -- VII. Ema Kame and Emak Cem -- Ema Kame/Emak Cem and myth -- Ema Kame/Emak Cem and ritual -- Comparison -- VIII. Honouring the dead Display and performance -- The myth -- The ritual -- The masquerade -- Donning the armbands.
  table of contents: IX. Male to female Social opposition versus communal solidarity -- The myths -- The rituals -- Conclusions -- X. Initiating young males and commemorating the dead On nose piercing and spirit poles -- The myths: a summary -- The story of Seitakap -- The story of Mbish, the ideal wife -- Comments -- The rituals -- Comments -- XI. Asmat headhunting and the initiation of male adolescents -- The myths -- The ritual -- Prelude -- The raid -- The initiation -- Identifying with the dead: the first stage of male initiation -- The ritual recognition of adolescence -- XII. Conclusions -- XIII. Epilogue -- Continuity in discontinuity: the current situation -- Contemporary Kamoro ceremonies.
  note: Jan Pouwer.
  note: English.
  note: Includes glossary, bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-io---
  subject:
    topic: Mimika (Indonesian people)
  subject:
    topic: Asmat (Indonesian people)
  subject:
    topic: Sex role
    geographic: Indonesia
    geographic: Papua Barat
  subject:
    topic: Ritual
    geographic: Indonesia
    geographic: Papua Barat
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
    geographic: Indonesia
    geographic: Papua Barat
  subject:
    geographic: Papua Barat (Indonesia)
    topic: Social conditions
  subject:
    geographic: Papua Barat (Indonesia)
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    topic: Mimika (Peuple d'Indonésie)
  subject:
    topic: Asmat (Peuple d'Indonésie)
  subject:
    topic: Rôle selon le sexe
    geographic: Indonésie
    geographic: Papua Barat
  subject:
    topic: Rituel
    geographic: Indonésie
    geographic: Papua Barat
  subject:
    topic: Ethnologie
    geographic: Indonésie
    geographic: Papua Barat
  subject:
    topic: Society and social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY
    geographic: Middle East
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Asmat (Indonesian people)
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
  subject:
    topic: Manners and customs
  subject:
    topic: Mimika (Indonesian people)
  subject:
    topic: Ritual
  subject:
    topic: Sex role
  subject:
    topic: Social conditions
  subject:
    geographic: Indonesia
    geographic: Papua Barat
  subject:
    topic: Ritual
  subject:
    topic: Kosmologie
  subject:
    topic: Geschlechterforschung
  subject:
    topic: Gesellschaft
  subject:
    topic: Kamoro
  subject:
    topic: Asmat
  subject:
    geographic: Provinz Papua
  subject:
    topic: Sozialstruktur
  subject:
    topic: Sekseverschillen
  subject:
    topic: Riten
  subject:
    topic: Sociale verandering
  subject:
    topic: Asmat
  subject:
    topic: Kamoro (volk)
  subject:
    topic: Kamoro (taal)
  subject:
    geographic: Papua (Indonesië)
  subject:
    geographic: Kamoro (Volk)
  subject:
    geographic: Asmat
  subject:
    topic: Oceanic studies
  subject:
    topic: Indonesia
  subject:
    topic: Papua culture
  subject:
    topic: gender studies
  subject:
    topic: anthropology
  classification: DU744.35.M55 P68 2010
  classification: 953.0049912
  classification: 306.09598
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    record content source: OAPEN
    record creation date: 111110
    record change date: 20230103223240.9
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    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng