An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia
Culture and Tradition
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- Author: Paul Sillitoe, University of Durham
- Date Published: November 1998
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- isbn: 9780521588362
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Melanesia has always been a popular fieldwork site for anthropologists, including Bronislaw Malinowski and Margaret Mead. Many of the most important theoretical contributions to anthropology were first formulated with reference to Melanesian studies. This book is intended for undergraduate students with some grounding in the issues and ideas that inform the discipline. It will be useful at an introductory or intermediate level for undergraduate studies in general anthropology, or for courses on Pacific cultures.
Read more- Specifically crafted as an undergraduate textbook, an arresting and intriguing choice of topics which will appeal to students
- Far greater range of topics covered than in any previous books on the area and effective interweaving of theory and ethnography
- A balanced introduction to some of the key theoretical ideas in anthropology
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"Sillitoe's sparkling book offers an unprecedented introduction to the anthropology of Melanesia....It will effectively bring Melanesia into its deserved position as one of the main loci of anthropological thought and analysis." Choice
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- Date Published: November 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521588362
- length: 280 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.46kg
- contains: 60 b/w illus. 15 maps 6 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Melanesia
2. Food gathering, fishing, and hunting in the Fly estuary
3. Swidden cultivation in the Bismarck Range
4. Socialisation in the Admiralty Islands
5. Exchange cycles in the Massim Archipelago
6. Sociopolitical exchange in the Southern Highlands
7. Big men on Bougainville Island
8. Technology in the highlands fringe
9. Gender relations in the Western Highlands
10. Dispute settlement around the Paniai lakes
11. Sorcery on Dobu Island
12. Warfare and cannibalism in the Balim region
13. Initiation rites on the Sepik river
14. Ancestors and illness in the shadow of the Owen Stanley Range
15. Myth in the Star mountains.
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