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Full-Text Articles in Melanesian Studies
Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Advertising Missionaries And Pacific Passages, Marta Rohatynskyj
Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Advertising Missionaries And Pacific Passages, Marta Rohatynskyj
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
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
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.
Jason Carter And Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi's Review Of Charlie Nairn's A Death To Pay For: Individual Voices, Jason Carter, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Jason Carter And Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi's Review Of Charlie Nairn's A Death To Pay For: Individual Voices, Jason Carter, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
History, Opposition, And Salvation In Agarabi Adventism, George Westermark
History, Opposition, And Salvation In Agarabi Adventism, George Westermark
Pacific Studies
Growth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church was particularly strong in the Papua New Guinea Eastern Highlands in the last decade. This article discusses a variety of reasons for this change, emphasizing Adventist beliefs that create a distinct historical consciousness among church members. In the face of a rapidly changing society, it is argued, these beliefs structure an appealing ideological framework that facilitates both individual and collective transformation. Significant for Eastern Highland Adventists is a doctrine of opposition toward other Christian groups and a sense of their own unique role in the prophetic events that make up their historical model.
Netbags Revisited: Cultural Narratives From Papua New Guinea, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew J. Strathern
Netbags Revisited: Cultural Narratives From Papua New Guinea, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew J. Strathern
Pacific Studies
In this article we reconsider materials on netbags from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya, as well as other parts of Melanesia, arguing that understanding of them is best set into a framework of ideas regarding embodiment and processes of trope expansion. Starting from the equation of netbag and womb, we trace the ramifications of this object of material culture and its contemporary significance in a commodifying context. Main emphasis is placed on materials from the Melpa or Mount Hagen area of the Western Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, with comparisons to the cultures of the …
Dan Jorgensen's Review Of John Davis's Mountains Of Gold: The People Of Porgera, Dan Jorgensen
Dan Jorgensen's Review Of John Davis's Mountains Of Gold: The People Of Porgera, Dan Jorgensen
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Stuart Kirsch's Review Of Judith Hallet's Lords Of The Garden, Stuart Kirsch
Stuart Kirsch's Review Of Judith Hallet's Lords Of The Garden, Stuart Kirsch
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Woman Who Ran Away: Gender, Power, And Place Among The Atbalmin Of The West Sepik, Papua New Guinea, Eytan Bercovitch
The Woman Who Ran Away: Gender, Power, And Place Among The Atbalmin Of The West Sepik, Papua New Guinea, Eytan Bercovitch
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
From Pollution To Empowerment: Women, Age, And Power Among The Bena Bena Of The Eastern Highlands, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman
From Pollution To Empowerment: Women, Age, And Power Among The Bena Bena Of The Eastern Highlands, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Women At Kobum Spice Company: Tensions In A Local Age Stratification System And The Undermining Of Local Development, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
The Women At Kobum Spice Company: Tensions In A Local Age Stratification System And The Undermining Of Local Development, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Making The Papua New Guinean Woman: The Extension Of Women’S Initiation Practices To Secondary Education In Central New Ireland, Karen Sykes
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Collaborative Regional Anthropology In New Guinea: From The New Guinea Micro-Evolution Project To The A. B. Lewis Project And Beyond, Robert L. Welsch
Collaborative Regional Anthropology In New Guinea: From The New Guinea Micro-Evolution Project To The A. B. Lewis Project And Beyond, Robert L. Welsch
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Ben Finney's Review Of Willie Dari, Vasiti Ligairi, And Solange Petit-Skinner's Adolescents In Fiji, Ben Finney
Ben Finney's Review Of Willie Dari, Vasiti Ligairi, And Solange Petit-Skinner's Adolescents In Fiji, Ben Finney
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
David Lipset's Review Of Michael French Smith's Hard Times On Kairiru Island: Poverty, Development, And Morality In A Papua New Guinea Village, David Lipset
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Alexander H. Bolyanatz's Review Of Frederick K. Errington And Deborah B. Gewertz's Articulating Change In The “Last Unknown”, Alexander H. Bolyanatz
Alexander H. Bolyanatz's Review Of Frederick K. Errington And Deborah B. Gewertz's Articulating Change In The “Last Unknown”, Alexander H. Bolyanatz
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain
Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Mala Among The Kowai, Anton Ploeg
Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain
Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Mala Among The Kowai, Anton Ploeg
Lamont Lindstrom's Review Of Gerald Haberkorn's Port Vila: Transit Station Or Final Stop?, Lamont Lindstrom
Lamont Lindstrom's Review Of Gerald Haberkorn's Port Vila: Transit Station Or Final Stop?, Lamont Lindstrom
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Nationalism And Sexuality In Papua New Guinea, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Nationalism And Sexuality In Papua New Guinea, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Terence E. Hays's Review Of Christin Kocher Schmid's Of People And Plants: A Botanical Ethnography Of Nokopo Village, Madang And Morobe Provinces, Papua New Guinea, Terence E. Hays
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Terence E. Hays's Review Of Christin Kocher Schmid's Of People And Plants: A Botanical Ethnography Of Nokopo Village, Madang And Morobe Provinces, Papua New Guinea, Terence E. Hays
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review Forum On Deborah B. Gewertz And Frederick K. Errington's Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts: Representing The Chambri In A World System, Deborah B. Gewertz, Frederick K. Errington, Nelson H. H. Graburn, Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin
Book Review Forum On Deborah B. Gewertz And Frederick K. Errington's Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts: Representing The Chambri In A World System, Deborah B. Gewertz, Frederick K. Errington, Nelson H. H. Graburn, Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Marty Zelenietz's Review Of Alice Pomponio's Seagulls Don’T Fly Into The Bush: Cultural Identity And Development In Melanesia, Marty Zelenietz
Marty Zelenietz's Review Of Alice Pomponio's Seagulls Don’T Fly Into The Bush: Cultural Identity And Development In Melanesia, Marty Zelenietz
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Rascals In Paradise: Urban Gangs In Papua New Guinea, Nand E. Hart Nibbrig
Rascals In Paradise: Urban Gangs In Papua New Guinea, Nand E. Hart Nibbrig
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Mac Marshall's Review Of Ron Brunton's The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava And Cultural Instability In Melanesia, Mac Marshall
Mac Marshall's Review Of Ron Brunton's The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava And Cultural Instability In Melanesia, Mac Marshall
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Terence E. Hays's Review Of Mary Taylor Huber's The Bishops’ Progress: A Historical Ethnography Of Catholic Missionary Experience On The Sepik Frontier, Terence E. Hays
Terence E. Hays's Review Of Mary Taylor Huber's The Bishops’ Progress: A Historical Ethnography Of Catholic Missionary Experience On The Sepik Frontier, Terence E. Hays
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Domestic Violence And Social Relations Of Conflict In Fiji, Pauline Mckenzie Aucoin
Domestic Violence And Social Relations Of Conflict In Fiji, Pauline Mckenzie Aucoin
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Rule By The Danda: Domestic Violence Among Indo-Fijians, Shireen Lateef
Rule By The Danda: Domestic Violence Among Indo-Fijians, Shireen Lateef
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.