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Melanesia has been the research focus of some of anthropology’s legendary names. In the best tradition of Melanesian scholarship, Jane Goodale writes here of the Kaulong who live in the deep forests of New Britain, an island in the vast territory of Papua New Guinea. Even in the last half of the twentieth century, the Kaulong’s contact with the outside world through government patrols and missionaries has been minimal. Their story enhances our understanding of Melanesia and adds new and significant material to the comparison of Oceanic cultures and societies.In the course of her fieldwork with them, Goodale recognized that everything of importance to the Kaulong--every event, every relationship, every transaction--was rooted in their constant quest for recognition as human beings. She addresses here questions central to Kaulong society: What is it that makes an individual human? How is humanity, or personhood, achieved and maintained?In their consuming concern with their status as human beings, the Kaulong mark progress on a continuum from nonhuman (animal-like) to the most respected level of humanity--the political Big Men and Big Women. Knowledge is the key to movement along the continuum, and acquiring, displaying and defending knowledge are at the heart of social interaction. At all-night “singsings,” individuals compete through song in their knowledge of people, places, and many other aspects of their forested world. The sacrifice of pigs and distribution of pork to guests completes the ceremonial display and defense of knowledge and personhood.While To Sing with Pigs will be welcomed by anthropologists and area specialists, it will appeal on a broader level to anyone interested in this still remote part of the world. Goodale''s analysis of songs and their ritual context adds unusual depth to the ethnography. Fascinating field photographs and readable text prove again that anthropology can be both scholarly and lively.
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Encounters with American Ethnic Cultures represents a cultural approach to understanding ethnic diversity in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Thirteen chapters, each using an ethnographic field methodology, explore such ethnic experience as the "invisible" (WASPS and African-Americans); "self-chosen" (Welsh-American, Irish-American, and Ukrainian-American); "gender-related" (the Lubovitcher); "religious" (Jewish, Native American, Greek-American, and Puerto Rican); and "dislocated" (Cambodians and the homeless). Ethnographic fieldwork focuses an insider''s view on the meaning of ethnic experience in the lives of participants in the research. This volume examines the role and function of various ethnic endeavors in the preservation and maintenance of ethnic identity by contemporary Americans.
This five part volume includes:
Introduction: Ethnic Culture Analysis—A Course of Study, Jane C. Goodale and Philip L. Kilbride
Methodology, Elizabeth R. Ameisen and Carolyn G. Friedman
Part I. Black and WASP in American Cultural Experience: The Invisible Ones
Exclusivity in an Ethnic Elite: Racial Prejudice as Boundary Maintenance, Elizabeth R. Ameisen
Africans and African-Americans: An Ethnohistorical View and Symbolic Analysis of Food Habits, Carolyn G. Friedman
Part II. Self-Chosen Ethnicity
Unique Americans: The Welsh-American Ethnic Group in the Philadelphia Area, Lorraine Murray
Irish-Americans and Irish Dance: Self-Chosen Ethnicity, Erin McGauley Hebard
Art and Identity: Ukrainian-American Ethnicity, Jennifer Krier
Part III. Interpretations of Gender and Ethnicity: The Lubavitcher Experience
Equality Does Not Mean Sameness: The Role of Women within the Lubavitcher Marriage, Philip Baldinger
Strategies for Strength: Women and Personal Empowerment in Lubavitcher Hasidism, Gita Srinivasan
Part IV. Ethnicity and Religion: The Persistence of Collective Representations
Our Lives Revolve around the Holidays: Holidays in the Transmission of Jewish Ethnicity, Anna Dahlem
Fayetteville or Raleigh? An Analysis of an American Indian Baptist Church, Beth Batten
Issues in Greek Orthodoxy That Define and Maintain Greek-American Ethnicity, Karen L. Belsley
Es como si fuera la casa de uno: The Role of the Community Church in Maintaining Puerto Rican Ethnicity, Monica Schoch-Spana
Part V. Dislocation and Ethnicity
Cambodian Marriage: Marriage and How it is Changing among Cambodian Refugees in Philadelphia, Rebecca C. Popenoe
Ethnic Expression in a Jewish Street Person, Andrew Millstein
Conclusion, Philip L. Kilbride and Jane C. Goodale