A'aisa's Gifts : a study of magic and the self / Michele Stephen

By:

STEPHEN, Michele

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California press, c1995.Description: xvii, 381p. : ill. ; 23cmISBN:

0-520-08829-8

Subject(s):

Mekeo (Papua New Guinean people) Psychology, Mekeo (Papua New Guinean people) Rites and ceremonies, Philosophy, Mekeo

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 155.849912 STE

Summary: This is an ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea. Based on 20 years of fieldwork, this detailed study of Mekeo esoteric knowledge, cosmology, and self-conceptualizations recasts accepted notions about magic and selfhood.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

This is an ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea. Based on 20 years of fieldwork, this detailed study of Mekeo esoteric knowledge, cosmology, and self-conceptualizations recasts accepted notions about magic and selfhood.

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