Grass-clearing man
a factional ethnography of life in the New Guinea Highlands
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Author
Contributions
- Sillitoe, Jackie. - Contributor
Publication
2009 - Waveland Press, Long Grove, Ill, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
50,000 words, Guess
Page Count
200 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegrassclearingman0000sill
- ISBN-101577666011
- ISBN-139781577666011
- Library of Congress Control Number2009284246
- OCLC Control Number277203555
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL23713643M
Classifications
- LCCDU740.42 .S543 2009
- LCCDU740.42 .S55 2009
Description
"This accessible ethnography is a factional account that depicts life in a stateless society of the New Guinea Highlands during the twentieth century. It explores a series of related events from the viewpoint of a fictional character, "Ongol," who lived his life in the Was valley. Although Ongol and the other characters whose lives enrich this narrative are fictional, the ethnography is factual; the exchange transactions and rituals did happen, the spells are genuine and recorded as recited, the customs surrounding marriage and kinship are practiced, and the subsistence regime exists. This creative yet factual ethnographic life history inspires students to grasp and retain core anthropological concepts associated with the people, practices, and events among the Wola living in the New Guinea Highlands."--ORIGINAL BOOK JACKET.
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