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Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate of the Rainforest
John Barker
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This compelling ethnography offers a nuanced case study of the ways in which the Maisin of Papua New Guinea navigate pressing economic and environmental issues. Beautifully written and accessible to most readers, Ancestral Lines is designed with introductory cultural anthropology courses in mind. Barker has organized the book into chapters that mirror many of the major topics covered in introductory cultural anthropology, such as kinship, economic pursuit, social arrangements, gender relations, religion, politics, and the environment. The second edition has been revised throughout, with a new timeline of events and a final chapter that brings readers up to date on ... Read more
This compelling ethnography offers a nuanced case study of the ways in which the Maisin of Papua New Guinea navigate pressing economic and environmental issues. Beautifully written and accessible to most readers, Ancestral Lines is designed with introductory cultural anthropology courses in mind. Barker has organized the book into chapters that mirror many of the major topics covered in introductory cultural anthropology, such as kinship, economic pursuit, social arrangements, gender relations, religion, politics, and the environment. The second edition has been revised throughout, with a new timeline of events and a final chapter that brings readers up to date on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442635920
SKU
V9781442635920
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About John Barker
John Barker is a professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. He has conducted anthropological fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and amongst the Nuxalk and Nisga'a First Nations of Canada. He has published extensively on Christianity amongst the indigenous peoples of Oceania and British Columbia, the history of anthropology, and the impact of environmental activists in Papua New ... Read more
Reviews for Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate of the Rainforest
Barker's clear, engaging, and often self-reflexive writing style provides students with a readable and interesting ethnography.
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