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WEINER, JAMES F The heart of the pearl shell : the mythological dimension of Foi
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- The heart of the pearl shell : the mythological dimension of Foi
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- 9780520061323
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Heart of the Pearl Shell: the Mythological Dimension of Foi Sociality
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- University of California Press
- Subject
- History
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- Number of Pages
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For the Foi people who live on the edge of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the flow of pearl shells is the heart of their social life. The pearl shell is the exchange item that mediates the creation of their most important sexual and social roles. The Heart of the Pearl Shell analyzes a number of myths of the Foi people, elegantly bringing together significant ethnographic materials in a way that has important implications for the development of social theory in anthropology and in Melanesian studies. Scholars of semiotic-symbolic anthropology and of comparative religion will also share the author's interest in the meaning and role of mythology in Foi culture. Instead of relying on orthodox methods of Freudian or structuralist interpretation, James Weiner assumes there is a dialectical relationship between the images of Foi myth and the images of the Foi's social world. He demonstrates how each set of these images is dependent upon the other for its creation. This innovative study locates Foi social meaning in the re-creation and attempted solution of the moral dilemmas that are crystallized in mythology and other poetic usages.
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University of California Press
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The Heart of the Pearl Shell: the Mythological Dimension of Foi Sociality
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Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1988
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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5
Item Weight
522g
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Studies in Melanesian Anthropology
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