reproduction, fertility and morality in a Papuan society
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Oosterhout, Dianne van
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B4111 - B
- Thesaurus
- inheemse volkeren, lichamen, vruchtbaarheid, voortplanting, christendom, milieu, Indonesië, Melanesië, proefschrift
- Description
- This study provides a cognitive and in-depth view of the lives and meanings of the people of Inanwatan, Papua (Indonesia). Inanwatan is placed within the wider context of (eastern) Indonesian and Melanesian fields of study. The author discusses Inanwatan world views that centre on models of the human body, fertility and reproduction.