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PublisherBerghahn Books, Incorporated

ISBN-101785333844

ISBN-139781785333842

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Number of Pages313 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCulture Change and Ex-Change : Syncretism and Anti-Syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Publication Year2017

SubjectSociology / General, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Social Science

AuthorRegina Knapp

SeriesPerson, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-019198

Reviews"...this is a well-researched and ethnographically rich book...Readers with an interest in culture change, Melanesian personhood, the anthropology of Christianity, as well as those interested in the recent upsurge in sorcery and witchcraft in Papua New Guinea will find it particularly fascinating." * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "This book is a rich ethnography of Bena people in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea and their cultural focus on exchange relationships." * Sabine C. Hess, Australia National University, "This book is a rich ethnography of Bena people in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea and their cultural focus on exchange relationships." · Sabine C. Hess, Australia National University, "This book is a rich ethnography of Bena people in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea and their cultural focus on exchange relationships." Sabine C. Hess, Australia National University

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number6

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal305.89912

Table Of ContentMaps and Photographs Acknowledgements Abbreviations &and Note on Foreign Terms Introduction: Culture Change and Exchange Chapter 1. Bena Stories, Histories and Sociality Chapter 2. Unexpected Actions and strategic Exchanges: Leadership, Warfare, and Economy Chapter 3. In Exchange with the World: The Concept of Person in Bena Chapter 4. Changing Exchanges: Head Payments and Life-Cycle Rituals Chapter 5. Magical Practices and their Transformations in Modern Bena Chapter 6. Sanguma: The 'Essence-Suckers' Chapter 7. In Exchange with God: Christianity in modern Bena Chapter 8. Expect the Unexpected: Scientology in Napamogona Conclusion References Index

SynopsisHow is cultural change perceived and performed by members of the Bena Bena language group, who live in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea? In her analysis, Knapp draws upon existing bodies of work on 'culture change', 'exchange' and 'person' in Melanesia but brings them together in a new way by conjoining traditional models with theoretical approaches of the new Melanesian ethnography and with collaborative, reflexive and reverse anthropology., Biography&Relationship: I was born in PNG in 1972, lived there until I was 5 and thus have a very personal relationship to people and place. It is my home. Although not old-childhood friends of mine, Bena people adopted me more than 23 years ago into their community. The long-term relationship with my informants/relatives gives me insights into cultural realms that remain closed to many anthropologists, including, for example, that of magical practices and warfare Long-term-study: my first research in Bena was in 1997. Since then numerous research periods and projects followed in the area, covering a timespan of over 20 years. This has allowed me not only to gather a huge body of ethnographic data (including filmed footage) but also to follow people's life journeys and witness cultural and social changes on micro- (personal) and macro (communal) levels Reciprocity and Documentation of Cultural Heritage: My research is collaborative. My Bena interlocutors have greatest interest in having me as an anthropologist and family member documenting their culture for future generations. They encouraged my research and became the directors of this book's story. This again led to a new research project, currently undertaken, on the documentation of Bena Bena language and the relation between linguistic and cultural concepts.

LC Classification NumberDU740.42 .K517 2017