This study explores the dramatic change in the world of the Gebusi, a tribe from Papua New Guinea who, for many years had one of the highest homicide rates in the world. With the introduction of modernity; schools, shops and Christianity these rates had plummeted.
A prominent scholar surveys the special place of Melanesia in our understanding of human cultural variation
This work critically evaluates a range of perspectives that implicate culture, power, and representation in anthropology and examines how cultural anthropology can remain both ethically committed and ethnographically rigorous.
This work critically evaluates a range of perspectives that implicate culture, power and representation in anthropology, and examines how cultural anthropology can remain both ethically committed and ethnographically rigorous.
This study explores the dramatic change in the world of the Gebusi, a tribe from Papua New Guinea who, for many years had one of the highest homicide rates in the world. With the introduction of modernity; schools, shops and Christianity, these rates plummeted.