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- catalog abstract ""This book is a pictorial celebration of the work of an ethnographer. F.E. Williams was one of the most talented and productive anthropologists of his generation. Australian-born and Oxford-trained, he spent twenty years - the entirety of his working career - as Government Anthropologist in the Australian Territory of Papua, then ruled by the 'benignly paternalistic' proconsul Sir Hubert Murray." "One of the aims of An Anthropologist in Papua is to document, through Williams' photographs and, wherever possible, through his words, the sheer variety of his ethnographic discoveries and fieldwork experiences. Some 235 images have been selected, about 200 of which appear in print for the first time." "An introductory essay provides the biographical, historical and anthropological contexts of Williams' ethnographic and photographic achievement. Such contexts are essential for a proper appreciation of his work: notably, the colonial milieu of Papua in the 1920s and 1930s; Williams' important relationship with Lieutenant Governor Murray (with whom he did not always see eye to eye); and his relationships with academic mentors such as Bronislaw Malinowski and R.R. Marett (who memorably said of Williams that he was 'a fine soldier who would make a grand explorer')."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12436928.
- catalog contributor b12436929.
- catalog contributor b12436930.
- catalog coverage "Papua New Guinea Pictorial works.".
- catalog coverage "Papua New Guinea.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""This book is a pictorial celebration of the work of an ethnographer. F.E. Williams was one of the most talented and productive anthropologists of his generation. Australian-born and Oxford-trained, he spent twenty years - the entirety of his working career - as Government Anthropologist in the Australian Territory of Papua, then ruled by the 'benignly paternalistic' proconsul Sir Hubert Murray." "One of the aims of An Anthropologist in Papua is to document, through Williams' photographs and, wherever possible, through his words, the sheer variety of his ethnographic discoveries and fieldwork experiences. Some 235 images have been selected, about 200 of which appear in print for the first time." "An introductory essay provides the biographical, historical and anthropological contexts of Williams' ethnographic and photographic achievement. Such contexts are essential for a proper appreciation of his work: notably, the colonial milieu of Papua in the 1920s and 1930s; Williams' important relationship with Lieutenant Governor Murray (with whom he did not always see eye to eye); and his relationships with academic mentors such as Bronislaw Malinowski and R.R. Marett (who memorably said of Williams that he was 'a fine soldier who would make a grand explorer')."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-298) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Purari, Delta Division -- Orokaiva, Northern Division -- Suau, Eastern Division -- Morehead (Keraki), Western Division -- Abau District, Eastern Division -- Elema, Gulf Division -- The stage and the actors -- The drama : Kovave -- The drama : hevehe -- Lake Kutubu, Delta Division -- Foi, Mubi River -- 'Grasslanders' -- 'Grasslanders', Augu Valley -- 'Grasslanders', Wela Valley.".
- catalog extent "x, 307 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0824825284".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press ; Hindmarsh, S. Aust. : Crawford House Pub.,".
- catalog spatial "Papua New Guinea Pictorial works.".
- catalog spatial "Papua New Guinea".
- catalog spatial "Papua New Guinea.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Papua New Guinea Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Papua New Guinea.".
- catalog subject "DU744.3 Y68 2001".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Papua New Guinea Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Papuans Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Papuans Portraits.".
- catalog subject "Papuans Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Papuans.".
- catalog subject "Photography in ethnology Papua New Guinea.".
- catalog subject "Williams, F. E. (Francis Edgar) Contributions in photography.".
- catalog subject "Williams, F. E. (Francis Edgar)".
- catalog subject "Williams, Frank E.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Purari, Delta Division -- Orokaiva, Northern Division -- Suau, Eastern Division -- Morehead (Keraki), Western Division -- Abau District, Eastern Division -- Elema, Gulf Division -- The stage and the actors -- The drama : Kovave -- The drama : hevehe -- Lake Kutubu, Delta Division -- Foi, Mubi River -- 'Grasslanders' -- 'Grasslanders', Augu Valley -- 'Grasslanders', Wela Valley.".
- catalog title "An anthropologist in Papua : the photography of F.E. Williams, 1922-39 / Michael W. Young and Julia Clark.".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "Portraits. fast".
- catalog type "text".