CiNii 図書 - Fluid ontologies : myth, ritual, and philosophy in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

Myths are best understood as a convergence of voices from across times and cultures. They are the instruments through which authors and audiences seek to grapple with questions about the fundamental nature of the universe. The answers, however, constantly change in light of changing circumstances such as the interface between western and non-western cultures, or cataclysmic events. The authors argue that these societies' worldviews assume that the process of flow between events, rather than the nature of the events, is critical to a model of human sociality. Boundaries, whether of a ritual, physical, or social nature, are perceived as constantly broken by the exchange of ideas across time, space, and peoples. Our understanding of such issues as gender relations and the body, social change, imagination, play, and the conceptualization of power is furthered by probing how it is that myth is both expressive as well as constitutive of human thought on these topics.

Preface by C. Ballard and L.R. Goldman Introduction: Fire and Water: Fluid Ontologies in Melanesian Myths by L.R. Goldman, J. Duffield and C. Ballard Hand, Voice and Myth in Papua New Guinea by J.F. Weiner Sacrifice and Sociality: A Duna Ritual Track by A. Strathern Sacrifice and Regeneration Among Ipilis: The View from Tipini by A. Biersack The Sun by Night: Huli Moral Topography and Myths of a Time of Darkness by C. Ballard A Trickster for All Seasons: The Huli Iba Tiri by L.R. Goldman Myths of Containment, Myths of Extension: Creating Relations Across Boundaries by L. Josephides How the World Turns Upside Down: Changing Geographies of Power and Spiritual Influence Among the Gebusi by B.M. Knauf Index

巻冊次: : pbk ISBN 9780897895576

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Myths are best understood as a convergence of voices from across times and cultures. They are the instruments through which authors and audiences seek to grapple with questions about the fundamental nature of the universe. The answers, however, constantly change in light of changing circumstances such as the interface between western and non-western cultures, or cataclysmic events. The authors argue that these societies' worldviews assume that the process of flow between events, rather than the nature of the events, is critical to a model of human sociality. Boundaries, whether of a ritual, physical, or social nature, are perceived as constantly broken by the exchange of ideas across time, space, and peoples. Our understanding of such issues as gender relations and the body, social change, imagination, play, and the conceptualization of power is furthered by probing how it is that myth is both expressive as well as constitutive of human thought on these topics.

Preface by C. Ballard and L.R. Goldman Introduction: Fire and Water: Fluid Ontologies in Melanesian Myths by L.R. Goldman, J. Duffield and C. Ballard Hand, Voice and Myth in Papua New Guinea by J.F. Weiner Sacrifice and Sociality: A Duna Ritual Track by A. Strathern Sacrifice and Regeneration Among Ipilis: The View from Tipini by A. Biersack The Sun by Night: Huli Moral Topography and Myths of a Time of Darkness by C. Ballard A Trickster for All Seasons: The Huli Iba Tiri by L.R. Goldman Myths of Containment, Myths of Extension: Creating Relations Across Boundaries by L. Josephides How the World Turns Upside Down: Changing Geographies of Power and Spiritual Influence Among the Gebusi by B.M. Knauf Index

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