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

Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua [electronic resource] : a configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat / Jan Pouwer.

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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)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language: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.
Ethnology.
Manners and customs.
Ritual.
Sex role.
Social conditions.
Papua Barat (Indonesia) > Social conditions.
Papua Barat (Indonesia) > Social life and customs.
Indonesia > Papua Barat.

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Call Number: DU744.35.M55 P68 2010
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