Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Heart of the Pearl ShellCondition: NewSubtitle: The Mythological Dimension of Foi SocialityISBN-10: 0520336925EAN: 9780520336926ISBN: 9780520336926Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/19/2022Description: For the Foi people who live on the edge of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the flow of pearl shells is the "heart" of their social life. The pearl shell is the exchange item that mediates the creation of their most important sexual and social roles. The Heart of the Pearl Shell analyzes a number of myths of the Foi people, elegantly bringing together significant ethnographic materials in a way that has important implications for the development of social theory in anthropology and in Melanesian studies. Scholars of semiotic-symbolic anthropology and of comparative religion will also share the author's interest in the meaning and role of mythology in Foi culture. Instead of relying on orthodox methods of Freudian or structuralist interpretation, James Weiner assumes there is a dialectical relationship between the images of Foi myth and the images of the Foi's social world. He demonstrates how each set of these images is dependent upon the other for its creation. This innovative study locates Foi social meaning in the re-creation and attempted solution of the moral dilemmas that are crystallized in mythology and other poetic usages. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 499gAuthor: James F. WeinerGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: Studies in Melanesian AnthropologyTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Heart of the Pearl Shell
Title: The Heart of the Pearl Shell
Subtitle: The Mythological Dimension of Foi Sociality
ISBN-10: 0520336925
EAN: 9780520336926
ISBN: 9780520336926
Release Date: 08/19/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology
Book Title: Heart of the Pearl Shell : the Mythological Dimension of Foi Sociality
Number of Pages: 350 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Gender Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Genre: Social Science
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: James F. Weiner
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
