Stealing People's Names
Simon J. (University of Ulster) Harrison
Cambridge University Press, 1990
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521385046
- ISBN-10
- 0521385040
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1990
- Publication date
- 1990-09-20
- Pages
- 238
- Dimensions
- 229x152x17
- Weight
- 475