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This study describes the daily existence of the Baining people of Papua New Guinea, who present a challenge to anthropologists because of their apparent lack of a cultural or social structure; but Jane Fajans argues that the Baining define themselves by their own productive and reproductive work.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Ch. 1: The "Baining Problem" Ch. 2: The Ethnographic Setting Ch. 3: History Ch. 4: Kinship, Adoption, and the Production of Society Ch. 5: The Life Cycle and Socialization Ch. 6: Sentiments and Motivation in the Social Person Ch. 7: Death and Social Reproduction Ch. 8: Baining Dances Ch. 9: Ta Takmut Banas: The Asarai Dance Ch. 10: Atut Ch. 11: Anarchy as Structured Antistructure Appendix Glossary Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 8/4/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226234434, 978-0226234434
      ISBN10: 0226234436
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      Anthropology Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study describes the daily existence of the Baining people of Papua New Guinea, who present a challenge to anthropologists because of their apparent lack of a cultural or social structure; but Jane Fajans argues that the Baining define themselves by their own productive and reproductive work.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Ch. 1: The "Baining Problem" Ch. 2: The Ethnographic Setting Ch. 3: History Ch. 4: Kinship, Adoption, and the Production of Society Ch. 5: The Life Cycle and Socialization Ch. 6: Sentiments and Motivation in the Social Person Ch. 7: Death and Social Reproduction Ch. 8: Baining Dances Ch. 9: Ta Takmut Banas: The Asarai Dance Ch. 10: Atut Ch. 11: Anarchy as Structured Antistructure Appendix Glossary Bibliography Index

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