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Form, attention and a southern New Ireland life cycle.
- Source :
- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; Dec2003, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p681-708, 28p, 15 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- From a phenomenological perspective, form is intrinsically linked to attention. This article explores that relationship with a view to highlighting the potential importance of the experience of form to anthropology. It is suggested that in Melanesia the management of attention as a mechanism for the control of form and vice versa are key vehicles for the social definition and transformation of persons. It takes as a case study the life-cycle rituals of Lak in southern New Ireland, where the articulation and disarticulation of the form of persons and tubuan spirits are linked together and also, through a discourse of remembering and forgetting, with social attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANTHROPOLOGY
SOCIAL sciences
ATTENTION
APPERCEPTION
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13590987
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11558536
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2003.00169.x