Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern

Sacred Revenge in Oceania

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores revenge as a motivation relating to conflict and violence, specifically within Oceania.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 85g
• ISBN-13: 9781108717328
• ISBN-10: 1108717322
• Artikelnr.: 54552240

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Bellona Island; 'Payback', and its cosmic implications; Revenge and sorcery-divination; The genesis of exchange
Mount Hagen; Historical complications in the revenge complex; Peace-making in Hagen
A Reprise in Ongka's Account; Maring and Melpa
from elementary to complex structures; Variant ontologies
extensions of the model of sacred revenge; Structures in history
The Enga; Envoi: gifts and violence; Broader contexts; Some ending thoughts.