| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; 12
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Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; 12.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and index. |
| Summary |
Life on the frontier suggests excitement, danger, and heroism, not to mention backbreaking labor. All these aspects of exploring the unknown enliven Ethnographic Presents, where the frontier is the Highlands region of what is now Papua New Guinea - a part of the world largely unseen by Westerners as late as 1950. In the next five years a dozen or so pioneering anthropologists followed closely on the heels of "first contact" patrols. Their innovative fieldwork is well documented, and now, in an autobiographical collection that is intimate and richly detailed, we learn what these ethnographers experienced: what being on the frontier was like for them. The anthropologists featured in these seven new essays are Catherine H. Berndt, Ronald M. Berndt, Reo Fortune (by Ann McLean), Robert M. Glasse, Marie Reay, D'Arcy Ryan, and James B. Watson. Their pioneering ethnographic adventures are put in historical context by Terence Hays, and a concluding essay by Andrew Strathern points out that this early work among the peoples of the Central Highlands not only influenced all subsequent understanding of Highland cultures but also had a profound impact on the field of anthropology. |
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Life on the frontier suggests excitement, danger, and backbreaking labour. In this book the frontier is the Highlands region of what is now Papua New Guinea - largely unexplored by Westerners as late as 1950. In the next five years a dozen pioneering anthropologists followed closely on the heels of 'first contact' patrols. Their innovative fieldwork is well documented, and now, in this autobiographical collection, we learn what being on the frontier was like for the ethnographers themselves. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- History.
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Ethnology. |
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Papua New Guinea. |
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History. |
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Ethnologists -- Papua New Guinea.
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Ethnologists. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Hays, Terence E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ethnographic presents. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992 0520077458 (DLC) 91047735 (OCoLC)25205373 |
| ISBN |
9780520912342 (electronic book) |
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0520912349 (electronic book) |
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0585101000 (electronic book) |
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9780585101002 (electronic book) |
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