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An exploration of the meaning of modernity in contemporary ethnography.

Are there multiple ways of being "modern" in the world today? How do people in various parts of the world become modern in their own distinct ways? Does the current focus on modernity in the social sciences resurrect a series of dichotomies ("traditional" and "modern, " "the West" and "the Rest, " "developed" and "undeveloped") that social theorists have sought to move beyond in recent years? Or do inflections of modernity capture key features...

Bruce M. Knauft critically reviews the cutting edges of postmodern, cultural studies, post-Marxist, postmodern feminist, multicultural, and practice theory perspectives within cultural anthropology.

Documents how re-visiting fieldwork sites shapes anthropologists' interpretations

South coast New Guinea has long been a focus of ethnographic attention, with its varied cultures, its reputation for flamboyant sexual practices, and its traditions of headhunting. Dr. Knauft examines previous ethnographic material to reanalyze the region's seven major language-culture areas, covering a range of topics including sexuality, social inequality, the status of women, religion, politics and violence. Ethnographically rich and theore...

A prominent scholar surveys the special place of Melanesia in our understanding of human cultural variation

List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPrelude1. A World of Before and After2. Sorcerers of the Past3. The Severed Head and Other Affairs, 1982-984. The Guards of Nomad5. The Demise of Sorcery's Revenge6. The New Spirit7. School Bells and the Energy of Hard Benches8. The Corners in the Round9. Subaltern ModernAfterwordNotesReferencesIndex

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South coast New Guinea has long been a focus of ethnographic attention, with its varied cultures, its reputation for flamboyant sexual practices, and its traditions of headhunting. Dr. Knauft examines previous ethnographic material to reanalyze the region's seven major language-culture areas, covering a range of topics including sexuality, social inequality, the status of women, religion, politics and violence. Ethnographically rich and theore...