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Stealing People's Names
- History and Politics in a Sepik River Cosmology
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 240
- Published:
- June 1, 2006
- Dimensions:
- 154x229x16 mm.
- Weight:
- 381 g.
Delivery:
1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: October 14, 2024
About Simon J. (University of Ulster) Harrison
View all books by Simon J. (University of Ulster) HarrisonDescription of Stealing People's Names
Among the people of Avatip, a community in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, the most prestigious and valued forms of wealth are personal names. In this intriguing study, Simon Harrison analyses the significance of names in the context of Avatip ritual, cosmology and concepts of the person.
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