Stephen C Leavitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 617745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen C Leavitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen C |
| FAMILY NAME | Leavitt |
| SIGNATURE | LEAVITT S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Union College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
From “Cult” to Religious Conviction: The Case for Making Cargo Personal
Donald Francis Tuzin (1945-2007)
Cargo, Cult, and Culture Critique
The Apotheosis of White Men: A Reexamination of Beliefs about Europeans as Ancestral Spirits
Criticisms of work on cargo beliefs argue it supports paternalistic colonial projections and patronizes Melanesians. But researchers continue to hear Melanesians asserting that Europeans communicate with ancestral spirits. Such assertions are part of a dynamic religious tradition responding to troubling times. Some have cast cargo beliefs as naive ‐ if rational ‐ attempts to understand bewildering changes. Such work fails to capture the innovativ…
Commentary: Rural Views of the Coup in Fiji
Suppressed Meanings in Narratives about Suffering: A Case from Papua New Guinea
There is a commonsense notion that prolonged suffering—whether from pain, illness, or loss—can change people by compelling them to see themselves and their world in a new, deeper way. They may seek solace and understanding by turning to culturally framed moral, religious, or medical explanations, but the suffering itself, by shattering complacency and undermining a sense of well‐being, drives them to new views of self and place. Anthropologists h…
Political Domination and the Absent Oppressor: Images of Europeans in Bumbita Arapesh Narratives
Stephen C. Leavitt, Political Domination and the Absent Oppressor: Images of Europeans in Bumbita Arapesh Narratives, Ethnology, Vol. 34, No. 3, Special Issue on Politics of Culture in the Pacific Islands: Part II (Summer, 1995), pp. 177-189
Seeking Gifts from the Dead: Long-Term Mourning in a Bumbita Arapesh Cargo Narrative
Coping with Bereavement: Long-Term Perspectives on Grief and Mourning
The Bamboo Fire: Field Work with the New Guinea Wape. 2nd ed. William E. MITCHELL.: Magical Curing (Video cassette film). Filmed and narrated by William E. MITCHELL
Sexual ideology and experience in a Papua New Guinea society
The Apotheosis of White Men: A Reexamination of Beliefs about Europeans as Ancestral Spirits
Criticisms of work on cargo beliefs argue it supports paternalistic colonial projections and patronizes Melanesians. But researchers continue to hear Melanesians asserting that Europeans communicate with ancestral spirits. Such assertions are part of a dynamic religious tradition responding to troubling times. Some have cast cargo beliefs as naive ‐ if rational ‐ attempts to understand bewildering changes. Such work fails to capture the innovativ…
Seeking Gifts from the Dead: Long-Term Mourning in a Bumbita Arapesh Cargo Narrative
Coping with Bereavement: Long-Term Perspectives on Grief and Mourning
Political Domination and the Absent Oppressor: Images of Europeans in Bumbita Arapesh Narratives
Stephen C. Leavitt, Political Domination and the Absent Oppressor: Images of Europeans in Bumbita Arapesh Narratives, Ethnology, Vol. 34, No. 3, Special Issue on Politics of Culture in the Pacific Islands: Part II (Summer, 1995), pp. 177-189
Sexual ideology and experience in a Papua New Guinea society
Donald Francis Tuzin (1945-2007)
Sexual ideology and experience in a Papua New Guinea society
The Bamboo Fire: Field Work with the New Guinea Wape. 2nd ed. William E. MITCHELL.: Magical Curing (Video cassette film). Filmed and narrated by William E. MITCHELL
Suppressed Meanings in Narratives about Suffering: A Case from Papua New Guinea
There is a commonsense notion that prolonged suffering—whether from pain, illness, or loss—can change people by compelling them to see themselves and their world in a new, deeper way. They may seek solace and understanding by turning to culturally framed moral, religious, or medical explanations, but the suffering itself, by shattering complacency and undermining a sense of well‐being, drives them to new views of self and place. Anthropologists h…
Political Domination and the Absent Oppressor: Images of Europeans in Bumbita Arapesh Narratives
Stephen C. Leavitt, Political Domination and the Absent Oppressor: Images of Europeans in Bumbita Arapesh Narratives, Ethnology, Vol. 34, No. 3, Special Issue on Politics of Culture in the Pacific Islands: Part II (Summer, 1995), pp. 177-189
Seeking Gifts from the Dead: Long-Term Mourning in a Bumbita Arapesh Cargo Narrative
Coping with Bereavement: Long-Term Perspectives on Grief and Mourning
The Apotheosis of White Men: A Reexamination of Beliefs about Europeans as Ancestral Spirits
Criticisms of work on cargo beliefs argue it supports paternalistic colonial projections and patronizes Melanesians. But researchers continue to hear Melanesians asserting that Europeans communicate with ancestral spirits. Such assertions are part of a dynamic religious tradition responding to troubling times. Some have cast cargo beliefs as naive ‐ if rational ‐ attempts to understand bewildering changes. Such work fails to capture the innovativ…
Commentary: Rural Views of the Coup in Fiji
Cargo, Cult, and Culture Critique
Donald Francis Tuzin (1945-2007)
From “Cult” to Religious Conviction: The Case for Making Cargo Personal
Sociology (10 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 works) · History (5 works) · Citation (4 works) · History (4 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Art (3 works)