Cosmologies in the Making: A Generative Approach to Cultural Variation in Inner New Guinea (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 64)

Barth, Fredrik

ISBN 10: 0521387353 / ISBN 13: 9780521387354

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Cosmologies in the Making: A Generative Approach to Cultural Variation in Inner New Guinea (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 64)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521387353
• ISBN 13: 9780521387354
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: good

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Riassunto

Changes in cosmological traditions among the Mountain Ok of Inner New Guinea.

Recensione

"Barth provides significant theoretical insight into the nature of traditional and cultural variation. His focus on the mechanisms of communication and their effects on cultural symbols and the distribution of knowledge opens up a promising direction for future research." William H. McKellin, Pacific Affairs