{"product_id":"south-coast-new-guinea-cultures-history-comparison-dialectic-paperback-9780521429313","title":"South Coast New Guinea Cultures; History, Comparison, Dialectic (Paperback) 9780521429313","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSouth Coast New Guinea Cultures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistory, Comparison, Dialectic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA reassessment of the classic ethnographies of south coast New Guinea.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce M. Knauft (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521429313, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 March 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 6 b\/w illus.  8 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.7 cm, 0.458 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"In the 1990s, a comparative ethnography of a region extending some 2,500 kilometers must be either very old-fashioned or postmodern.  This work has the virtues of both....The result is a stimulating and useful book.\"   Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe communities of south coast New Guinea were the subject of classic ethnographies, and fresh studies in recent decades have put these rich and complex cultures at the centre of anthropological debates. Flamboyant sexual practices, such as ritual homosexuality, have attracted particular interest. In the first general book on the region, Dr Knauft reaches striking new comparative conclusions through a careful ethnographic analysis of sexuality, the status of women, ritual and cosmology, political economy, and violence among the region's seven major language-culture areas. The findings suggest new Melanesian regional contrasts and provide for a general critique of the way regional comparisons are constructed in anthropology. Theories of practice and political economy as well as post-modern insights are drawn upon to provide a generative theory of indigenous social and symbolic development.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart  I. Grounding: 1. Theoretical and ethnographic context\u003cbr\u003e 2. Historical background and regional configuration\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Critique: 3. Sexuality in the regional analysis of south New Guinea\u003cbr\u003e 4. The analytic legacy of homosexual emphasis: language, subsistence, and political economy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Women's status\u003cbr\u003e 6. Trends in comparative analysis\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Reconfiguration: 7. Theoretical reconfiguration\u003cbr\u003e 8. Marind-anim\u003cbr\u003e 9. Symbolic and sociopolitical permutations\u003cbr\u003e 10. Regional characteristics and comparisons\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005910077720,"sku":"9780521429313","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521429313i_cab4c1a2-be28-4df2-9904-f35a14f7ab25.jpg?v=1691381701","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/south-coast-new-guinea-cultures-history-comparison-dialectic-paperback-9780521429313","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}