1st Edition
The Dugum Dani A Papuan Culture in the Highlands of West New Guinea
By Karl G. Heider
Copyright 1970
350 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
349 Pages
by
Routledge
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For many years anthropologists have speculated about primitive warfare, its place in a particular culture, its form, and its consequences on other tribes. This full-scale ethnography of the Dugum Dani centers on the issue of hostility between groups of human beings and the place and function of violence. Warfare, like rituals and kinship alliances, is part of a total culture, and for this reason... Read more
Introduction PART I 1. Subsistence 2. Social Organization 3. Conflict 4. Man and the Supernatural 5. Language and Categories 6. Art and Play PART II 7. The Natural Environment 8. The Body 9. Artifacts of Culture, Conclusions
Biography
Karl G. Heider
