Ancestral Presence

Ancestral Presence tells a history that has more than one history in it while also telling the story of the relation between worlds.

Autorentext

Eric Hirsch is Reader in Anthropology at Brunel University London. He has a longstanding interest in the anthropology and history of Papua New Guinea and Melanesia more generally. His most recent publication is The Melanesian World (co-edited with Will Rollason), Routledge, 2019.

Klappentext

Ancestral Presence tells a history that has more than one history in it while also telling the story of the relation between worlds.

Inhalt

Prologue: A Path to Fuda; Introduction: What Causes Change?; Part I: Tidibe; 1.Tidibe as Creator Force; 2. Tidibe as Myth and Mythopoeia; Part II: In the Way of Tidibe; 3. Gab Transforming; 4. Exchange; 5. One Skin; 6. Dance; Part III: Centre of the World; **7. ***Mission; 8. Market; 9. Law; Conclusion: History and Tidibe*: A Symmetical Inversion