Remaking the World: Myth, Mining, and Ritual Change among the Duna of Papua New Guinea [Hardcover]

Pamela J. Stewart (Author), Andrew Strathern (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1588340120 | ISBN-13: 978-1588340122 | Publication Date: March 2002

Drawing on both their own fieldwork from 1991 to 1999 and older written sources, Stewart and Strathern explore how the Duna have remade their rituals and associated myths in response to the outside influences of government, Christianity, and large-scale economic development, specifically mining and oil prospecting. The authors provide in-depth ethnographic materials on the Duna and present many detailed descriptions of ritual practices that have been abandoned.

is a timely contribution to the literature on agency and the making of cultural identity by indigenous peoples facing economic, social, and political change.

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About the Author

Pamela J. Stewart is coauthor of Collaborations and Conflicts: A Leader Through Time (1999) and a research associate in the department of anthropology and the department of religious studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

Andrew Strathern is coauthor of Arrow Talk: Transcation, Transition, and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History (2000) and is Mellon Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588340120
• ISBN-13: 978-1588340122
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,740,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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