Dancing through Time A Sepik Cosmology [Hardcover]

Dancing Through Timepresents a rich and incisive analysis of person, time, and identity among the Karawari speakers of Ambonwari village in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, through the examination of everyday practices, language, social institutions, kinship, myths, spirit things, rituals, and dances.

Introduction
1. Ambonwari: The Way of the Village
2. Person, Time, and Identity
3. Social Institutions
4. Kinship and Marriage
5. Myth and Identity
6. Spirits
7. Transformation and Presentation
Conclusion
Bibliography
Glossary

Telban's study is a fascinating...discourse on the cosmology of the Karawari-speaking Ambonwari. --Choice