Focusing on concepts of person, the self, and the individual, Epstein analyzes how these notions are conceptualized and interpreted by the Tolai people of the Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, where the author has conducted intensive field research since 1959.
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Focusing on concepts of person, the self, and the individual, Epstein analyzes how these notions are conceptualized and interpreted by the Tolai people of the Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, where the author has conducted intensive field research since 1959.
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Add this copy of Gunantuna: Aspects of the Person, the Self and the to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Tinakori Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wellington, -, NEW ZEALAND, published 1999 by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd.
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Very Good. Book 241 pages. Migrating over centuries from New Ireland, the Tolai or Gunantuna people live on the volcanic Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea.
Add this copy of Gunantuna: Aspects of the Person, the Self and the to cart. $22.44, like new condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1999 by Crawford House Publishing.
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Fine. 8vo. viii, 241pp, diagtrams, bibliography, index. Paperback. The book is built around four essays on aspects of the Tolai ethnography: adoption, names and naming, the experience of shame, and privacy and the boundaries of self. The aim of the book is to show how the essays illuminate different aspects of these notions and how, in turn, the ethnographic analyses serve to clarify the concepts.
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