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They Make Themselves

Work and Play among the Baining of Papua New Guinea

They Make Themselves( )
Author: Fajans, Jane
ISBN:978-0-226-23443-4
Publication Date:Aug 1997
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $163.95
Book Description:

For generations of anthropologists, the Baining people have presented a challenge, because of their apparent lack of cultural or social structure. This group of small-scale horticulturists seems devoid of the complex belief systems and social practices that characterize other traditional peoples of Papua New Guinea. Their daily existence is mundane and repetitive in the extreme, articulated by only the most elementary familial relationships and social connections. The routine of...
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Book Details
Pages:328
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Social Science / Sociology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1.72 x 2.34 x 0.23 cm
Book Weight:0.632 Kilograms



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