The World-Wide Web Virtual Library - Papua New Guinea
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Books with social & cultural analysis ...

This page lists only selected titles currently available for purchase online. Most of these are new releases

See Bookshops, book sales for specialised Pacific/PNG bookshops that will find books with any date of publication.

• Androgynous Objects : String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea (Studies in Anthropology and History, Vol 2)
  Maureen Anne MacKenzie 1992 / Amazon Price: US$75.99 / Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
  [Last checked: 28 April 01 10:54:24 PM]

• Children of Kilibob : Creation, Cosmos & Culture in Northeast New Guinea
  Usually ships in 24 hours Ali Pomponio(Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1994 Amazon Price: US$15.00
  [Last checked: 28 April 01 10:54:42 PM]

• Gender Analysis in Papua New Guinea
  Elizabeth C. Brouwer, Bruce M. Harris, Sonomi Tanaka (eds.) 1998 / Amazon price US$25.00 / Availability: On Order; usually ships within 1-2 weeks.
  [Last checked: 28 April 01 10:54:53 PM]

• Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia : Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange, and Custom in the Tanga Islands
  Usually ships in 24 hours. Robert J. Foster / Paperback / 1995. Amazon Price: US$29.95
  [Last checked: 28 April 01 10:55:07 PM]

• The Lost Drum : The Myth of Sexuality in Papua New Guinea and Beyond (New Directions in Anthropological Writing)
  James F. Weiner 1995 / Amazon Price: US$49.95 / Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days / In The Lost Drum, he traces the route of certain objects-the string bag, the drum, the bullroarer, the flute-as their meanings unfold in the mythical narratives of Papua New Guinea. In so doing, he illuminates the instability of social and sexual identities in Melanesia.
  [Last checked: 28 April 01 10:55:21 PM]

• The Sambia : Ritual and Gender in New Guinea (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
  Usually ships in 2-3 days Gilbert Herdt / Paperback / Published 1997 Amazon Price: US$24.00
  [Last checked: 28 April 01 10:55:32 PM]

• To Sing With Pigs Is Human : The Concept of Person in Papua New Guinea
  Usually ships within 2-3 days. Jane C. Goodale / Paperback / 1995. Amazon Price: US$25.00
  [Last checked: 28 April 01 10:55:50 PM]

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