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Pouwer, Jan.
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Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua ; A configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat
[electronic resource].
Leiden :
KITLV Press,
2010.
1 online resource (xii, 300 pages).
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This study, based on a lifelong involvement with New Guinea, compares the culture of the Kamoro (18,000 people) with that of their eastern neighbours, the Asmat (40,000), both living on the south coast of West Papua, Indonesia. The comparison, showing substantial differences as well as striking similarities, contributes to a deeper understanding of both cultures. Part I looks at Kamoro society and culture through the window of its ritual cycle, framed by gender. Part II widens the view, offering in a comparative fashion a more detailed analysis of the socio-political and cosmo-mythological setting of the Kamoro and the Asmat rituals. Next is a systematic comparison of the rituals. The comparison includes a cross-cultural, structural analysis of relevant myths. This publication is of interest to scholars and students in Oceanic studies and those drawn to the comparative study of cultures. Jan Pouwer (1924) started his career as a government anthropologist in West New Guinea in the 1950s and 1960s, with periods of intensive fieldwork, in particular among the Kamoro. A distinguished anthropologist, he held professorships at universities around the world.
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The second stage
Demonstrating skills --
The third stage
Providing the insignia of manhood --
V.
Marking death --
Critical illness, passing away and mourning --
Disposal of the dead and bereavement --
Ceremony marking the end of mourning --
Ritual cleansing and cancellation of food taboos --
House of the corpse ceremony --
Spirit platform ritual --
Lifting the head-covering --
pt. Two
The Kamoro in relation to the Asmat --
VI.
The theory of comparison and the context of the rituals --
The theory --
Languages --
Sago stands, riverine, marine and horticultural resources --
Types of kinship and descent --
Residential aggregates and political affiliations --
Pervasiveness of dual organization --
Cosmology --
VII.
Ema Kame and Emak Cem --
Ema Kame/Emak Cem and myth --
Ema Kame/Emak Cem and ritual --
Comparison --
VIII.
Honouring the dead Display and performance --
The myth --
The ritual --
The masquerade --
Donning the armbands.
IX.
Male to female Social opposition versus communal solidarity --
The myths --
The rituals --
Conclusions --
X.
Initiating young males and commemorating the dead On nose piercing and spirit poles --
The myths: a summary --
The story of Seitakap --
The story of Mbish, the ideal wife --
Comments --
The rituals --
Comments --
XI.
Asmat headhunting and the initiation of male adolescents --
The myths --
The ritual --
Prelude --
The raid --
The initiation --
Identifying with the dead: the first stage of male initiation --
The ritual recognition of adolescence --
XII.
Conclusions --
XIII.
Epilogue --
Continuity in discontinuity: the current situation --
Contemporary Kamoro ceremonies.
Includes glossary, bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
JSTOR
Books at JSTOR Open Access
Mimika (Indonesian people)
Asmat (Indonesian people)
Sex role
Indonesia
Papua Barat.
Ritual
Indonesia
Papua Barat.
Ethnology
Indonesia
Papua Barat.
Papua Barat (Indonesia)
Social conditions.
Papua Barat (Indonesia)
Social life and customs.
Society and social sciences.
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Politics and government.
bicssc
HISTORY
Middle East
General.
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Asmat (Indonesian people)
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(OCoLC)fst00818739
Ethnology.
fast
(OCoLC)fst00916106
Manners and customs.
fast
(OCoLC)fst01007815
Mimika (Indonesian people)
fast
(OCoLC)fst01021938
Ritual.
fast
(OCoLC)fst01098241
Sex role.
fast
(OCoLC)fst01114598
Social conditions.
fast
(OCoLC)fst01919811
Indonesia
Papua Barat.
fast
(OCoLC)fst01878830
Sekseverschillen.
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Riten.
gtt
Sociale verandering.
gtt
Asmat.
(NL-LeOCL)078439027
gtt
Kamoro (volk)
(NL-LeOCL)255148844
gtt
Kamoro (taal)
(NL-LeOCL)16625827X
gtt
Papua (Indonesi�e)
(NL-LeOCL)078549736
gtt
Ritual.
(DE-588)4050164-4
gnd
Kosmologie.
(DE-588)4114294-9
gnd
Geschlechterforschung.
(DE-588)4482930-9
gnd
Gesellschaft.
(DE-588)4020588-5
gnd
Kamoro.
(DE-588)4797356-0
gnd
Asmat.
(DE-588)4394284-2
gnd
Provinz Papua.
(DE-588)4027658-2
gnd
Ritual.
swd
Sozialstruktur.
swd
Papua (Provinz)
swd
Kamoro (Volk)
swd
Asmat.
swd
Oceanic studies
Indonesia
Papua culture
gender studies
anthropology
Electronic books.
Print version:
Pouwer, Jan.
Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua.
Leiden : KITLV Press, 2010
9789067183253
(DLC) 2012364128
(OCoLC)526084116
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
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http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h36q
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