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Andrew Strathern And Pamela J. Stewart's Review Of Donald Tuzin's The Cassowary’S Revenge: The Life And Death Of Masculinity In A New Guinea Society, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart Mar 1999

Andrew Strathern And Pamela J. Stewart's Review Of Donald Tuzin's The Cassowary’S Revenge: The Life And Death Of Masculinity In A New Guinea Society, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Embodiment Of Responsibility: “Confession” And “Compensation” In Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart Jun 1998

The Embodiment Of Responsibility: “Confession” And “Compensation” In Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart

Pacific Studies

We discuss two contexts of responsibility for action in Mount Hagen, confession and compensation. Verbal confessions of either wrongdoing or resentment against wrongdoing are important signs of the exercise of agency, but if they are not made, it is expected that sickness will result. “Substance” thus takes over where “agency” fails, and the two are intimately linked. Compensation payments can be seen as nonverbal equivalents of confession or the logical result of it, and if they are not paid, sickness or a failure of wounds to heal is thought to be likely as a result. In contemporary times both confession …


Margaret Jolly's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Margaret Jolly Mar 1996

Margaret Jolly's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Margaret Jolly

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Lin Poyer's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Lin Poyer Mar 1996

Lin Poyer's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Lin Poyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Pascal Boyer's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Pascal Boyer Mar 1996

Pascal Boyer's Review Of Geoffrey M. White's Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Pascal Boyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Geoffrey M. White Response On The Book Review Forum On Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Geoffrey M. White Mar 1996

Geoffrey M. White Response On The Book Review Forum On Identity Through History: Living Stories In A Solomon Islands Society, Geoffrey M. White

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Mac Marshall's Review Of Ron Brunton's The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava And Cultural Instability In Melanesia, Mac Marshall Jun 1992

Mac Marshall's Review Of Ron Brunton's The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava And Cultural Instability In Melanesia, Mac Marshall

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Fitz John Porter Poole's Review Of Michael Allen's Vanuatu: Politics, Economics And Ritual In Island Melanesia, Fitz John Porter Poole Apr 1983

Fitz John Porter Poole's Review Of Michael Allen's Vanuatu: Politics, Economics And Ritual In Island Melanesia, Fitz John Porter Poole

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.