In the Midst of Life: Affect and Ideation in the World of the Tolai
A. L. Epstein
Abstract
The Tolai are among the most distinctive of Papua New Guinea's indigenous peoples. For all their success in the pursuit of modernity, they remain traditional in their attitudes toward death, the cultural elaboration of which colors almost every aspect of their existence. This book 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. It describes a wide range of mourning ceremonies and other more and less public occasions. By investigating not only the wo ... More
Keywords: Tolai, Papua New Guinea, death, emotional life, mourning ceremonies, emotions, conduct
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1992 | Print ISBN-13: 9780520075627 |
| Published to California Scholarship Online: May 2012 | DOI:10.1525/california/9780520075627.001.0001 |
