Culture Change and Ex-Change: Syncretism and Anti-Syncretism in Bena, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific, 6)

Bena stories, histories and sociality -- Unexpected actions and strategic exchanges : leadership and economy -- In exchange with the world : the concept of person in Bena -- Changing exchanges : Bena life cycle rituals -- Magical practices and their transformations in modern Bena -- Sanguma : the 'essence-suckers' -- In exchange with God : Christianity in modern Bena -- Expect the unexpected : Scientology in Napamogona

• | Author: Regina Knapp
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 313 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1785333844
• | ISBN-13: 9781785333842