Society of OthersKinship and Mourning in a West Papuan Place
Kinship and mourning in a West Papuan place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19979428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rupert Stasch (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 336 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Society of Others (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/california/9780520256859.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2599644172 |
| Open Library | OL22551744M |
| ISBN | 9780520256859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 75 |
This study upsets the popular assumption that human relations in small-scale societies are based on shared experience. In a theoretically innovative account of the lives of the Korowai of West Papua, Indonesia, Rupert Stasch shows that in this society, people organise their connections to each other around otherness
Cartography · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Human relations · Kinship · Logistic regression · Odds · Scale (ratio) · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · History · Ethnopsychology · Indonesia · Korowai (volk) · Mourning customs · Papua · Social life and customs · Sociale relaties · Sociale structuur
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| Unique citing works | 75 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,69 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 53 |