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Smith, Michael French,

A faraway, familiar place an anthropologist returns to Papua New Guinea / [electronic resource] : Michael French Smith. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages :) illustrations ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index.

An eccentric longing -- Thoroughly modern Kragur -- Hot times on Kairiru Island -- Wu wei wu -- Is Kragur poor? -- Ancestors on paper -- Meetings and magic -- Preferential ballots and primeval brothers -- A clean election and its messy aftermath -- Life goes on -- God the father, the son, his mom, and the holy spirit -- No two ways about it -- The long good-bye -- One more look.

ISBN: 9780824839000

Subjects--Personal Names:
Smith, Michael French--Travel--Papua New Guinea--Kragur.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Kairiru (Papua New Guinean people)--Economic conditions--21st century.
Kairiru (Papua New Guinean people)--Social life and customs--21st century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kragur (Papua New Guinea)--Economic conditions--21st century.
Kragur (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs--21st century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DU744.35.K33 / S65 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 305.899/5