The accounts of Jong : a discussion of time, space, and person in Kayan, Papua New Guinea
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Poser Alexis Themo von ;
- Editeurs : Heidelberg Universitätsverlag Winter ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2014
- ISBN : 978-3-8253-6290-4
- Sujets : Ethnologie -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Espace et temps, Papua Nya Guinea, Bogia (Papua New Guinea), Kayan (Papua-Neuguinea)
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-292 p.), : Ill., graph., cartes, couv. ill. en coul., 21 cm
- Pays de publication : Allemagne
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Heidelberg studies in Pacific anthropology, Volume 2,
Notes
Dissertation ; Bibliogr. p. [255]-281. Index
Résumé
The author of this book investigates a system of indigenous thought that pervades the life in Kayan, a village at the North-Coast of Papua New Guinea in a multitude of ways. The material is framed from the perspective of the former village elder Blasius Jong. With its roots in pre-missionary time, this system links different spheres of life and constitutes the basis for the organization of religious as well as of daily activities. Emanating from myths and a traditional calendar, the conceptions of person, time and space are discussed and the impact on social structure and religious life is hig