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In "Society of Others: Kinship and Mourning in a West Papuan Place," Rupert Stasch offers an ethnographic study of the Korowai of West Papua, challenging conventional anthropological understandings of kinship, mourning, and sociality. He argues that Korowai sociality is not built upon a foundation of shared substance or fixed descent, but rather on a constant process of differentiation and othering. Death and mourning rituals, particularly secondary burial practices, become central to this process, as individuals negotiate their relationships with the deceased and the living, continually redefining their social world. Stasch's work highlights the fluidity and performativity of social relations, demonstrating how kinship is actively constructed and maintained through practices of mourning and exchange.

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