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Author:
Knauft, Bruce M.
Title:
From primitive to postcolonial in Melanesia and anthropology / Bruce M. Knauft.
Publisher:
University of Michigan Press,
Copyright Date:
c1999
Description:
x, 320 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Ethnology--Melanesia.
Ethnology--Melanesia--History.
Melanesia--Social life and customs.
Melanesia--Social conditions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-307) and index.
Contents:
Melanesia as "culture area" -- Bodily images in Melanesia: cultural substances and natural metaphors -- Warfare and history in Melanesia -- Gender and modernity in Melanesia and Amazonia -- Post-Melanesian studies? A contemporary look at the anthropology of Melanesia.
ISBN:
9780472066872 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0472066870 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780472096879 (acid-free paper)
0472096877 (acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)39914442
LCCN:
98040153
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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