Culture Change and Ex-Change : Syncretism and Anti-Syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.
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- 9781785333859
- 305.89912
- DU740.42 .K517 2017
Intro -- Contents -- Maps and Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction - Culture Change and Exchange -- Chapter 1 - Bena Stories, Histories, and Sociality -- Chapter 2 - Unexpected Actions and Strategic Exchanges: Leadership, Warfare, and Economy -- Chapter 3 - In Exchange with the World: The Concept of Person in Bena -- Chapter 4 - Changing and Exchanging: Head Payments and Life-Cycle Rituals -- Chapter 5 - Magical Practices and their Transformations in Modern Bena -- Chapter 6 - Sanguma: The "Essence-Suckers -- Chapter 7 - In Exchange with God: Christianity in Modern Bena -- Chapter 8 - Expect the Unexpected: Scientology in Napamogona -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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