This classic ethnography, now in its second edition, describes the traditional way of life of the Kaluli, a tropical forest people of Papua New Guinea. The book takes as its focus the nostalgic and violent Gisalo ceremony, one of the most remarkable performances in the anthropological literature. Tracking the major symbolic and emotional themes of the ceremony to their sources in everyday Kaluli life, Schieffelin shows how the central values and passions of Kaluli experience are governed by the basic forms of social ...
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This classic ethnography, now in its second edition, describes the traditional way of life of the Kaluli, a tropical forest people of Papua New Guinea. The book takes as its focus the nostalgic and violent Gisalo ceremony, one of the most remarkable performances in the anthropological literature. Tracking the major symbolic and emotional themes of the ceremony to their sources in everyday Kaluli life, Schieffelin shows how the central values and passions of Kaluli experience are governed by the basic forms of social reciprocity. However, Gisaro reveals that social reciprocity is not limited to the dynamics of transaction, obligation and alliance. It emerges, rather, as a mode of symbolic action and performative form, embodying a cultural scenario which shapes Kaluli emotional experience and moral sensibility and permeates their understanding of the human condition.
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Good. The cover has light wear. There are some underlined passages. The previous owner's name is written on the first page. There is residue from where an old price sticker had been affixed to the first page.
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. viii, 243 p. : ill.; 21 cm. Includes Illustrations. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 231-232. Burgundy wraps. Very slight shelfwear to cover edges. Previous price in pencil on front endpaper.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Good. Size: 5x0x8; Trade paperback. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers. Binding square and tight. No creasing to spine. No loose pages. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.
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Photos. G PB. A cultural ethnography focusing on the significance of the ceremony known as Gisaro performed by the Kaluli people of Papua. New Guinea as a lens to view fundamental issues of Kaluli life and society. Edge wear, creases to corners of covers.