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The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World

ISBN: 9780073405377 | 007340537X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 3/3/2009

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SummaryTable of Contents
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 cust... MORE
List of Map, Figures, and Photographsp. ix
Prefacep. xi
Entryp. 1
Introduction: In Search of Surprisep. 3
1980-82p. 9
Friends in the Forestp. 10
Rhythms of Survivalp. 24
Lives of Deathp. 38
Getting Along with Kin and Killersp. 52
Spirits, Sex, and Celebrationp. 66
Ultimate S... MOREp. 78
1998p. 91
Reentryp. 92
Yuway's Sacred Decisionp. 106
Pennies and Peanuts, Rugby and Radiosp. 118
Mysterious Romance, Marital Choicep. 130
Sayu's Dance and Afterp. 144
2008p. 159
Gebusi 2008p. 160
Conclusion: Twenty-Eight Years amid Worlds of Changep. 173
Farewellp. 177
List of Personsp. 179
Study Questionsp. 183
Indexp. 189
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