A'aisa's gifts : a study of magic and the self

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A'aisa's gifts : a study of magic and the self

Michele Stephen

（Studies in Melanesian anthropology, 13）

University of California Press, c1995

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 351-369

Includes indexes

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ISBN 9780520087613

内容説明

This is an ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea. Based on 20 years of fieldwork, this detailed study of Mekeo esoteric knowledge, cosmology, and self-conceptualizations recasts accepted notions about magic and selfhood. Drawing on accounts by Mekeo ritual experts and laypersons, the book demonstrates magic's profound role in creating the self. It also argues that dream reporting provides a natural context for self-reflection. In presenting its data, the book develops the concept of "autonomous imagination" into a new theoretical framework for exploring subjective imagery processes across cultures.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780520088290

内容説明

Filled with insight, provocative in its conclusions, A'aisa's Gifts is a groundbreaking ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea and a valuable contribution to anthropological theory. Based on twenty years' fieldwork, this richly detailed study of Mekeo esoteric knowledge, cosmology, and self-conceptualizations recasts accepted notions about magic and selfhood. Drawing on accounts by Mekeo ritual experts and laypersons, this is the first book to demonstrate magic's profound role in creating the self. It also argues convincingly that dream reporting provides a natural context for self-reflection. In presenting its data, the book develops the concept of "autonomous imagination" into a new theoretical framework for exploring subjective imagery processes across cultures.

目次

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: From Manifest to Hidden 1 The Visible Ordering of Things 2 Manifest and Concealed 3 From Visible Things: Fieldwork 1969-1971 4 To Hidden Things: Fieldwork 1980-1982 5 A Distinctive Mode of Imagination Part II: Dreaming and the Hidden Self 6 Dreams 7 A Hidden Self 8 Dreams and Self-Knowledge Part Ill: The Sorrows of Knowledge 9 The Traditions of Secret Knowledge 10 Two Dream Diviners: Josephina and Janet 11 Two Men of Knowledge: Alex and Francis 12 Observing a Man of Knowledge: Aisaga 13 Learning "Sorcery" Unawares 14 The Sorrows of Acquiring Knowledge 15 A'aisa's Gifts Part IV: Conclusion 16 Magic, Self, and Autonomous Imagination Notes Bibliography Subject Index Author Index

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