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In the Midst of Life: Affect and Ideation in the World of the Tolai - Studies in Melanesian Anthropology
A. L. Epstein
In the Midst of Life: Affect and Ideation in the World of the Tolai - Studies in Melanesian Anthropology
A. L. Epstein
The author develops an emotional profile of the Tolai, contending that societies are distinguished as much by the shape of their emotional life as they are by their social arrangements and cultural styles. Epstein describes a wide range of mourning ceremonies and other public occasions.
328 pages, 7 figures, 1 table
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 12, 1992 |
ISBN13 | 9780520075627 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 328 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 27 mm · 726 g |