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Roy Wagner - Asiwinarong: Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland - 9780691638973 - V9780691638973
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Asiwinarong: Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland

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Description for Asiwinarong: Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Professor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast of that cycle, is invoked by the word asiwinarong, which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and precedence rest Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691638973
SKU
V9780691638973
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