Culture change and ex-change : : syncretism and anti-syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea / / Regina Knapp.
"How 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 bu...
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| Superior document: | Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; volume 6 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Berghahn Books,, 2017. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ;
volume 6. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (313 pages) :; color illustrations, maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Bena stories, histories and sociality
- Unexpected actions and strategic exchanges : leadership and economy
- In exchange with the world : the concept of person in Bena
- Changing exchanges : Bena life cycle rituals
- Magical practices and their transformations in modern Bena
- Sanguma : the 'essence-suckers'
- In exchange with God : Christianity in modern Bena
- Expect the unexpected : Scientology in Napamogona.