The heart of the pearl shell : the mythological dimension of Foi sociality / James F. Weiner
1st edition Hardcover Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988
Book Publishing Details
| Author: | Weiner, James F |
| Full title: | The heart of the pearl shell : the mythological dimension of Foi sociality / James F. Weiner |
| Publisher: | Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988 |
| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 0520061322 |
| EAN: | 9780520061323 |
| Book ID: | 396595 |
Comments & Item Features
1st edition. Language: English. ISBN: 0520061322. EAN: 9780520061323.
Fine title-blocked cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Physical description; (xviii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. Notes; Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Australian National University). Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The Ethnographic Setting -- The Responsibility of Males -- Oil, Shells, and Meat: The Media of Foi Sociality -- The Solicitude of Affines -- Metaphor and Substitution -- Obviation and Myth -- Intersexual Mediation -- Female Reproductivity -- The Anxiety of Affines -- Complementarity, Exchange, and Reciprocity -- The Hidden Myth. Subjects; Foi (Papua New Guinean people). Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania. History & Archaeology. Mythology, Papuan. Indigenous Peoples. Social Life. Social Customs. Papua New Guinea : society.
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Fine title-blocked cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Physical description; (xviii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. Notes; Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Australian National University). Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The Ethnographic Setting -- The Responsibility of Males -- Oil, Shells, and Meat: The Media of Foi Sociality -- The Solicitude of Affines -- Metaphor and Substitution -- Obviation and Myth -- Intersexual Mediation -- Female Reproductivity -- The Anxiety of Affines -- Complementarity, Exchange, and Reciprocity -- The Hidden Myth. Subjects; Foi (Papua New Guinean people). Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania. History & Archaeology. Mythology, Papuan. Indigenous Peoples. Social Life. Social Customs. Papua New Guinea : society.
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Size of Item & Shipped Weight
Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram.
Keywords and Associated Terms
BZDB318 Unbranded ISBN: 0520061322 EAN: 9780520061323 Weiner, James F The heart of the pearl shell : the mythological dimension of Foi sociality / James F. Weiner