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The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers.
by SCHIEFFELIN, EDWARD L
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
St Lucia.: University of Queensland Press.. Reprint.. 1977.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 243pp, appendix, bibliography, index, covers creased and worn, pen and pencil notes throughout text, edges browned, reading copy only. Account of the Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea and the significance of the ceremony of Gisaro, a complex and lavishly performed ritual. .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178402
- Title
- The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers.
- Author
- SCHIEFFELIN, EDWARD L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press.
- Place of Publication
- St Lucia.
- Date Published
- 1977.
- Keywords
- Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Highlands Of New Guinea, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, New Guinea, Pacific, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Religion, Rituals, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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