Mallett, Shelley, 1960-

Conceiving cultures : reproducing people & places on Nuakata, Papua New Guinea / Shelley Mallett. - Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, c2003. - xi, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-321) and index.

Introduction : imagining the field -- Tracing Nuakata -- Colonial impregnations -- Bearing the inconceivable -- Belongings -- Planting the past, tending the future -- Living death -- Conclusion : remembering Nuakata.

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Massim (Papua New Guinea people)--Social life and customs.
Birth customs--Papua New Guinea--Nuakata Island.
Philosophy, Massim--Papua New Guinea--Nuakata Island.


Nuakata Island (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs.

306.089992 / M253