The Murik of Papua New Guinea conceptualize women as the source of nurture, generosity and love. Men have political power, but their claim to sustain and reproduce society requires them to appropriate the nurturant qualities of women. So they must, in some sense, model certain aspects of themselves after women. A "maternal schema" or "poetics" of the female body, which underlines Murik sociocultural patterns, expresses itself in a range of societal domains. These issues tie in with some of the major contemporary debates in the social sciences, including the relationship between ideas of male and female power.
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"Lipset's study is a first-rate, well-written ethnography of the murik, a small community settled on the Sepik River estuary in Papua New Guinea." Choice
"David Lipset has given us a rich ethnographic account of the Murik people...This book is a well through, informative ethnography that should inspire students and stimulate further anthropological debate among scholars, particularly because of the orginality of its approach and basic concept." Pacific Studies
"David Lipset has given us a rich ethnographic account of the Murik people...This book is a well through, informative ethnography that should inspire students and stimulate further anthropological debate among scholars, particularly because of the orginality of its approach and basic concept." Pacific Studies
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The Murik of Papua New Guinea conceptualise women as the source of nurture, generosity and love. Men have political power, but their claim to sustain and reproduce society requires them to appropriate the nurturant qualities of women. So they must, in some sense, model certain aspects of themselves after women. A 'maternal schema' or'poetics' of the female body, which underlines Murik sociocultural patterns expresses itself in a range of societal domains. These issues tie in with some of the major contemporary debates in the social sciences, including the relationship between ideas of male and female power.
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In March 1981, having just arrived in the Murik Lakes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maternal schema, male cult house, feasting partners, heraldic body, brag spirits, sago suppliers, island trading partners, aggressive generosity, local government councilor, abundant nurture, ornamental regalia, settlement rite, uterine fertility, settlement feast, sympathetic mimicry, ceremonial wealth, sago breads, cult partners, canarium almonds, sago pudding, flute spirits, feuding villages, junior kin, spear spirits, copra boat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spirits of Wealth, Sepik River, Washing Feast, Big Murik, Murik Lakes, James Kaparo, North Coast, Father Schmidt, Mangrove Men, Schouten Islands, Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea, Joel Gobare, Jakai Smith, Bush Murik, Mangrove Man, Marabo Game, Margaret Mead, Daniel Wambu, Koil Island, William Aumbe, World War, Beach Murik, Fog Men, Kaduar Island New!
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In March 1981, having just arrived in the Murik Lakes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maternal schema, male cult house, feasting partners, heraldic body, brag spirits, sago suppliers, island trading partners, aggressive generosity, local government councilor, abundant nurture, ornamental regalia, settlement rite, uterine fertility, settlement feast, sympathetic mimicry, ceremonial wealth, sago breads, cult partners, canarium almonds, sago pudding, flute spirits, feuding villages, junior kin, spear spirits, copra boat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spirits of Wealth, Sepik River, Washing Feast, Big Murik, Murik Lakes, James Kaparo, North Coast, Father Schmidt, Mangrove Men, Schouten Islands, Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea, Joel Gobare, Jakai Smith, Bush Murik, Mangrove Man, Marabo Game, Margaret Mead, Daniel Wambu, Koil Island, William Aumbe, World War, Beach Murik, Fog Men, Kaduar Island New!
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- Gender and Kinship: Essays Toward a Unified Analysis by Jane Collier in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Cultures of the Pacific by Thomas G. Harding in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire by Hans J. Eysenck on page 22, page 126, and Back Matter
- Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia (Studies in Melanesian Anthropology) by Gilbert H. Herdt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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