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Routledge The Magical Body: Lelet Society & Identity in Papua New Guinea

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This ethnographic monograph explores the profound significance of the body in Lelet culture among the Pacific Islands people of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Through vivid detail and scholarly analysis, the work examines how corporeality shapes identity, difference, and the constitution of place and space within this society. The author traces the fluidity and complexity of Lelet conceptions of the body as the community navigates the transformative influences of colonialism, Christianity and cash-cropping in the modern era. A richly detailed study that bridges anthropological inquiry with lived experience, this book illuminates the intersections between embodiment, social structures, and cultural meaning-making in a Melanesian context.

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Routledge publication offering in-depth ethnographic analysis of Lelet body concepts and their role in social identity construction.

Examines the significance of corporeality to the constitution of place, space and cultural difference within Pacific Islands society.

Explores how modernity through colonialism, Christianity and cash-cropping influences traditional Melanesian understandings of the body and identity.

Part of the Geotechnika series, providing scholarly anthropological perspectives on non-Western cultures and embodied practices.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
20 October 1998
Listed Since
10 February 2007

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