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dc.contributor.authorLipset, David
dc.contributor.authorRoscoe, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-07 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:55:39Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:55:39Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier459090
dc.identifierOCN: 756714932en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33762
dc.description.abstractIn the Sepik Basin of Papua New Guinea, ritual culture was dominated by the Tambaran —a male tutelary spirit that acted as a social and intellectual guardian or patron to those under its aegis as they made their way through life. To Melanesian scholarship, the cultural and psychological anthropologist, Donald F. Tuzin, was something of a Tambaran, a figure whose brilliant and fine-grained ethnographic project in the Arapesh village of Ilahita was immensely influential within and beyond New Guinea anthropology. Tuzin died in 2007, at the age of 61. In his memory, the editors of this collection commissioned a set of original and thought provoking essays from eminent and accomplished anthropologists who knew and were influenced by his work. They are echoes of the Tambaran. The anthology begins with a biographical sketch of Tuzin’s life and scholarship. It is divided into four sections, each of which focuses loosely around one of his preoccupations. The first concerns warfare history, the male cult and changing masculinity, all in Melanesia. The second addresses the relationship between actor and structure. Here, the ethnographic focus momentarily shifts to the Caribbean before turning back to Papua New Guinea in essays that examine uncanny phenomena, narratives about childhood and messianic promises. The third part goes on to offer comparative and psychoanalytic perspectives on the subject in Fiji, Bali, the Amazon as well as Melanesia. Appropriately, the last section concludes with essays on Tuzin’s fieldwork style and his distinctive authorial voice.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherpapua new guinea
dc.subject.otheressays
dc.subject.otherethnology
dc.subject.otherAbelam language
dc.subject.otherAnthropology
dc.subject.otherEthnography
dc.titleEchoes of the Tambaran
dc.title.alternativeMasculinity, history and the subject in the work of Donald F. Tuzin
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_459090
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.pages311
oapen.place.publicationCanberra
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Abelam language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelam_language; Anthropology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology; Ethnography - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography
oapen.identifier.ocn756714932


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