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9780472096879

From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and Anthropology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780472096879

  • ISBN10:

    0472096877

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr
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Summary

A prominent scholar surveys the special place of Melanesia in our understanding of human cultural variation.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter
Melanesia as ``Culture Area''
1(20)
Bodily Images in Melanesia: Cultural Substances and Natural Metaphors
21(68)
Warfare and History in Melanesia
89(68)
Gender and Modernity in Melanesia and Amazonia
157(38)
Post-Melanesian Studies? A Contemporary Look at the Anthropology of Melanesia
195(50)
References 245(64)
Index 309

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