Gebusi Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World

Name: Gebusi Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World
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ISBN: 9780073405377

ISBN-10: 007340537X

ISBN-13: 9780073405377

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Bruce M. Knauft

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Written specifically for students, this ethnography provides an engaging, real-life account of the transition from a traditional to a modern culture. It uses vibrant personal stories and ethnographic examples to connect developments among the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea to key topics in cultural anthropology, including comparative features of subsistence, kinship, politics, religion, gender, ethnicity, nationalism, and modern development. In the early 1980s, the Gebusi conducted ritual dances and spirit seances, practiced alternative sexual customs, and endured high rate of violence. By 1998, most Gebusi had converted to Christianity and were actively engaged in market activity, disco music,…

Book details

List price: $52.33
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 3/3/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



List of Map, Figures, and Photographs


Preface


Entry


Introduction: In Search of Surprise



1980-82



Friends in the Forest



Rhythms of Survival



Lives of Death



Getting Along with Kin and Killers



Spirits, Sex, and Celebration



Ultimate Splendor



1998



Reentry



Yuway's Sacred Decision



Pennies and Peanuts, Rugby and Radios



Mysterious Romance, Marital Choice



Sayu's Dance and After



2008



Gebusi 2008


Conclusion: Twenty-Eight Years amid Worlds of Change


Farewell


List of Persons


Study Questions


Index