The Garia : an ethnography of a traditional cosmic system in Papua New Guinea / Peter Lawrence
1984, 1st edition. Manchester : University Press. Near fine 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. Item #396588
ISBN: 0719009804
Physical description; xiii, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-266) and index. Contents; 1. The environment and its recent history -- 2. The structural form of human society -- 3. The principles of land tenure -- 4. Land tenure and local organization -- 5. Sociopolitical control : self-regulation in human society -- 6. Sociopolitical control : disputes in human society -- 7. Religion : the putative realm of the cosmos : superhuman beings -- 8. Religion : putative interaction between human and superhuman beings. Subjects; Garia (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs. Garia (Papua New Guinean people) Religion. Religion. Ethnology Papua New Guinea. Garia (Papua New Guinean people). Garia (Papua New Guinea people) Social life and customs. Papua-Neuguinea. Papua New Guinea Garia - Anthropological perspectives.
Price: €14.95