The lost drum : the myth of sexuality in Papua New Guinea and beyond / James F. Weiner
- Bib ID:
- 2688218
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Weiner, James F
- Description:
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- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995
- xxi, 199 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0299148645 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- 0299148602 (alkaline paper)
- Series:
- New directions in anthropological writing.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction: The Object(s) of Myth
- Pt. I. Caducity. Ch. 1. The Little Other Myth
- Pt. II. The Time of Analysis. Ch. 2. Convention and Motivation in Foi Myth. Ch. 3. The Space and Time of Sexuality
- Pt. III. Detachment and Containment. Ch. 4. The Hunger People. Ch. 5. The Lost Drum. Ch. 6. The Stolen String Bag. Ch. 7. The Origin of Petroleum at Lake Kutubu. Ch. 8. Afterword: The Resistance of Myth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-195) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1995
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