A'aisa's Gifts A Study of Magic and the Self

Name: A'aisa's Gifts A Study of Magic and the Self
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ISBN: 9780520088290

ISBN-10: 0520088298

ISBN-13: 9780520088290

Edition: 1996

Authors: Michele Stephen

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Filled with insight, provocative in its conclusions, A'aisa's Gifts is a groundbreaking ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea and a valuable contribution to anthropological theory. Based on twenty years' fieldwork, this richly detailed study of Mekeo esoteric knowledge, cosmology, and self-conceptualizations recasts accepted notions about magic and selfhood. Drawing on accounts by Mekeo ritual experts and laypersons, this is the first book to demonstrate magic's profound role in creating the self. It also argues convincingly that dream reporting provides a natural context for self-reflection. In presenting its data, the book develops the concept of "autonomous imagination" into a new…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 404
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



From Manifest to Hidden



The Visible Ordering of Things



Manifest and Concealed



From Visible Things: Fieldwork 1969-1971



To Hidden Things: Fieldwork 1980-1982



A Distinctive Mode of Imagination



Dreaming and the Hidden Self



Dreams



A Hidden Self



Dreams and Self-Knowledge



The Sorrows of Knowledge



The Traditions of Secret Knowledge



Two Dream Diviners: Josephina and Janet



Two Men of Knowledge: Alex and Francis



Observing a Man of Knowledge: Aisaga



Learning "Sorcery" Unawares



The Sorrows of Acquiring Knowledge



A'aisa's Gifts



Conclusion



Magic, Self, and Autonomous Imagination


Notes


Bibliography


Subject Index


Author Index