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Social Complexity in the Makingby Donald Tuzin
Routledge 2000; US$ 40.95A highly accessible ethnography which explains the history and evolution of Ilahita, an Arapesh-speaking village in New Guinea. more...
Taim Blong Misis Bilong Armiby Lloyd Stephanie; Jeffery Marlena; Hearn Jenny
Pandanus Books 2001; US$ 24.00An anthology of the experiences of army wives who accompanied their husbands on postings to Papua New Guinea in the decades prior to independence in 1975. more...
Without A Gun: Australians' Experiences Monitoring Peace In Bougainville, 1997-2001by Monica Wehner; Donald Denoon
Pandanus Books 2002; US$ 28.00Stories from the volunteer Australian peace-keepers who worked unarmed during the peace negotiations in Bougainvillle, Papua New Guinea. more...
Building A Nation In Papua New Guineaby David Kavanamur; Charles Yala; Quinton Clements
Pandanus Books 2003; US$ 50.00This collection of essays, written by the post-independence generation of Papua New Guinea, articulates a vision for the future. more...
Innocence To Independenceby Judith Hollinshed
Pandanus Books 2004; US$ 28.00Memoir of 20 years spent in the highlands of papua new guinea. more...
Managing Animals in New Guineaby Paul Sillitoe
Routledge 2003; US$ 180.00Managing Animals in New Guinea analyzes the place of animals in the lives of New Guinea Highlanders. Looking at issues of zoological classification, hunting of wild animals and management of domesticated ones, notably pigs, it asks how natural parameters affect people's livelihood strategies and their relations with animals and the wider environment. more...
And Then The Engines Stoppedby R Gerard Ward; Sue Serjeantson
Pandanus Books 2002; US$ 28.00Anecdotes, told with zest and humour of the adventurous, dramatic and exhilarating experience of flying through the mountainous terrain of papua New Guinea. more...
As Mothers Of The Landby Josie Tankunani Sirivi; Marilyn Taleo Havini
Pandanus Books 2004; US$ 50.00Personal accounts of Bougainville aboriginal women whose commitment and determination played a crucial part in the resolution of the conflict in Bougainville in the dying years of the Twentieth Century. more...
Djief Huntersby J.M. Pasveer
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 119.95Following the hunting of the Djief forest wallaby, this reference offers a unique perspective on sustainable hunting in prehistory and provides intriguing insights into hunter-gatherer existence from the late Pleistocene. more...
In the Midst of Lifeby A. L. Epstein
University of California Press 1992; US$ 12.95The Tolai are among the most distinctive of Papua New Guinea's indigenous peoples. For all their success in the pursuit of modernity, the Tolai remain traditional in their attitudes toward death, the cultural elaboration of which colors almost every aspect of their existence. In his new book, A. L. Epstein develops an emotional profile of the Tolai, contending that societies are distinguished as much by the shape of their emotional life as they are by their social arrangements and cultural styles. Epstein describes a wide range of mourning ceremonies and other more and less public occasions. By investigating not only the words that stand for emotions but also the way affect enters into and informs people's conduct, he charts a new course for... more...









