As he challenges classical semiological accounts of cultural representation in this ethnography of Melanesian religious phenomenology, Thomas Maschio shows that ritual and poetic performance are about the enactment, expression, and invention of the self. Maschio demonstrates how such emotions as nostalgia, anger, sadness, and grief are creatively transformed during the course of religious performance and expression into a form of cultural memory--one that juxtaposes a pattern of cultural meaning with the emotional feeling ...
Read More
As he challenges classical semiological accounts of cultural representation in this ethnography of Melanesian religious phenomenology, Thomas Maschio shows that ritual and poetic performance are about the enactment, expression, and invention of the self. Maschio demonstrates how such emotions as nostalgia, anger, sadness, and grief are creatively transformed during the course of religious performance and expression into a form of cultural memory--one that juxtaposes a pattern of cultural meaning with the emotional feeling of plenitude the Melanesian Rauto call makai . Evoked during initiation, mourning, and agricultural rites, and figuring prominently in Rauto discourse about the self, makai joins personal memory to patterned sets of images and meanings that Westerners would call culture.
Read Less
Add this copy of To Remember the Faces of the Dead: the Plentitude of to cart. $3.58, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Add this copy of To Remember the Faces of the Dead: the Plentitude of to cart. $6.00, very good condition, Sold by The Book Bin rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Salem, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. Size: 6x0x9; A very nice, unread copy. Binding firm, cover shiny with light edge wear, interior clean and unmarked. Ethnography of Melanesian religious phenomenology. 245pp. Index, bibliography. 2 maps, 15 b/w figures.
Add this copy of To Remember the Faces of the Dead: The Plentitude of to cart. $17.68, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1994 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Add this copy of To Remember the Faces of the Dead Format: Paperback to cart. $19.24, new condition, Sold by indoo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avenel, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Add this copy of To Remember the Faces of the Dead. the Plenitude of to cart. $23.93, like new condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1994 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Add this copy of To Remember the Faces of the Dead: The Plentitude of to cart. $25.16, good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2007 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Mild shelfwear, with a slight bend to book. Sticker to front cover. Content is fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. New Directions in Anthropological Writing.
Add this copy of To Remember the Faces of the Dead: the Plentitude of to cart. $30.53, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Add this copy of To Remember the Faces of the Dead: the Plentitude of to cart. $33.06, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by University of Wisconsin Press.
