Compte rendu de In Memory of Times to Come: Ironies of History in Southeastern Papua New Guinea, de Melissa Demian
The intellectual effort Melissa Demian has given over to the central analytic problem in her new ethnography is impressive. Drawing from the work of Marilyn Strathern, Nancy Munn as well as several other theorists and the cross-cultural record at large, she succeeds throughout her finely-crafted bo...
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Journal de la société des océanistes
2023
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | The intellectual effort Melissa Demian has given over to the central analytic problem in her new ethnography is impressive. Drawing from the work of Marilyn Strathern, Nancy Munn as well as several other theorists and the cross-cultural record at large, she succeeds throughout her finely-crafted book to sort out how the Suau, who live in Milne Bay region of Papua New Guinea (png), assert ‘themselves’ amid pressures –Demian is reluctant to call them modern– that they have faced in the past an... |
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