To sing with pigs is human : the concept of person in Papua New Guinea

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To sing with pigs is human : the concept of person in Papua New Guinea / Jane C. Goodale.

Goodale, Jane C. (Jane Carter), 1926- (Author).

Summary:

In the course of her fieldwork with the Kaulong, who live on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea, Jane Goodale recognized that everything of importance to them - every event, relationship, and transaction - was rooted in their constant quest for recognition as human beings. She addresses here questions central to Kaulong society: What is it that makes an individual human? How is humanity, or personhood, achieved and maintained?

Record details

ISBN: 0295974540 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780295974545 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0295974362 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780295974361 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xvi, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-264) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 1. The Kaulong and "Others": An Interpretive History -- 2. The Management of Knowledge -- 3. In Forest and Garden -- 4. Saying It with Shells -- 5. Pomidan and Polamit: The Kaulong Elite -- 6. We Are All Brothers and Sisters -- 7. The Reproduction of Siblings -- 8. Singing in the Forest -- 9. "Listen, There Is No Fire": Songs of Ghosts -- 10. Of Pigs and Humans: Where Forest and Clearing Meet.