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- catalog abstract ""In this book the late Jeffrey Clark subjects the history of colonialism among the Wiru of Papua New Guinea to a fresh and subtle examination. He reflects upon his own fieldwork as an anthropologist as he scrutinizes the cultural construction of encounters and exchanges between Papua New Guineans and Australians from the 1930s on. Colonized and colonizers alike are the focus of an analysis that draws upon theories of culture, temporality, discursive representation, and anthropology in the postcolonial era." "Steel to Stone offers an original critique of several different theories and perspectives and, in its ensemble of frameworks, constitutes a highly innovative contribution to anthropological thinking about history and culture. Of especial interest is Clark's application, in a Papua New Guinean context, of Foucault's analysis of 'the way in which new regimes of power and knowledge are inscribed on the body'. The Wiru, faced with the impact of a colonizing culture, are shown to inscribe their own history on the body, and to read in it their understanding of particular events. Overall, Clark provides a compelling picture of a contemporary Melanesian culture, at the critical point at which the Wiru people are interpreting, invoking, and reinventing their history in the context of a developing nation state."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12079820.
- catalog contributor b12079821.
- catalog contributor b12079822.
- catalog coverage "Europe Colonies Oceania.".
- catalog coverage "Pangia Region (Papua New Guinea) Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Pangia Region (Papua New Guinea) Race relations.".
- catalog coverage "Pangia Region (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In this book the late Jeffrey Clark subjects the history of colonialism among the Wiru of Papua New Guinea to a fresh and subtle examination. He reflects upon his own fieldwork as an anthropologist as he scrutinizes the cultural construction of encounters and exchanges between Papua New Guineans and Australians from the 1930s on. Colonized and colonizers alike are the focus of an analysis that draws upon theories of culture, temporality, discursive representation, and anthropology in the postcolonial era."".
- catalog description ""Steel to Stone offers an original critique of several different theories and perspectives and, in its ensemble of frameworks, constitutes a highly innovative contribution to anthropological thinking about history and culture. Of especial interest is Clark's application, in a Papua New Guinean context, of Foucault's analysis of 'the way in which new regimes of power and knowledge are inscribed on the body'. The Wiru, faced with the impact of a colonizing culture, are shown to inscribe their own history on the body, and to read in it their understanding of particular events.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-184) and index.".
- catalog description "Overall, Clark provides a compelling picture of a contemporary Melanesian culture, at the critical point at which the Wiru people are interpreting, invoking, and reinventing their history in the context of a developing nation state."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 187 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198233779 (hardback)".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe Colonies Oceania.".
- catalog spatial "Pangia Region (Papua New Guinea) Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Pangia Region (Papua New Guinea) Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "Pangia Region (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "995.3 21".
- catalog subject "DU740.42 .C575 2001".
- catalog subject "Wiru (Papua New Guinean people) Colonization.".
- catalog subject "Wiru (Papua New Guinean people) Government relations.".
- catalog subject "Wiru (Papua New Guinean people) Material culture.".
- catalog title "Steel to stone : a chronicle of colonialism in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea / Jeffrey Clark ; edited by Chris Ballard and Michael Nihill.".
- catalog type "text".