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During the past forty years, a Judaising movement has taken root among the Chikim in Mizoram, Manipur, and the Chin State of North Burma. T...

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This paper introduces a fascinating and complex case study of religious emergence and transformation in Northeast India and North Burma, focusing on t...

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Wojciech Dabrowski

Not by Word Alone: Cross-cultural Communication between Highlanders and Missionaries (SVD) in the Jimi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Anthropology

Is communication (especially of complex religious ideas!) between peoples of different cultures possible and if it is, then under what cond...

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This paper promises a timely and critically engaged examination of cross-cultural communication, particularly concerning the transmission of complex r...

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Michael Allen

Rethinking Old Problems: Matriliny, Secret Societies and Political Evolution

Anthropology

MY EARLY INTEREST in the comparative study of male initiation rites and secret societies in Melanesia (Allen 1967) had been in large measur...

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The paper, *Rethinking Old Problems: Matriliny, Secret Societies and Political Evolution*, proposes a critical re-examination of enduring anthropologi...

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Michael Allen

Rank and Leadership in Nduindui, Northern New Hebrides

Anthropology

THE IDEAL MODEL of the Melanesian big-man system of leadership is now well established in anthropological literature and has figured promin...

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This paper, titled "Rank and Leadership in Nduindui, Northern New Hebrides," establishes its theoretical grounding by immediately engaging with the we...

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Michael Allen

Male Cults Revisited: The Politics of Blood versus Semen

Anthropology

IN 1957, as a fourth-year honours undergraduate at SydneyUniversity, I carried out a library-based study of male initiations inMelanesia, t...

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This paper, titled "Male Cults Revisited: The Politics of Blood versus Semen," offers a fascinating historical and analytical re-examination of the au...

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Michael Allen

Ritualized Homosexuality, Male Power and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis

Anthropology

THE ISLAND of Malekula, in north Vanuatu, has for long been recognized as a locus classicus for the occurrence of organized male homosexual...

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The paper embarks on a fascinating and historically significant topic, revisiting the "locus classicus" of organized male homosexuality in North Vanua...

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Michael Allen

Hierarchy and Complementarity in Newar Society

Anthropology

IN A NUMBER of important areas of Newar social life notions of complementarity and status parity are accorded almost as much weight as are...

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This paper offers a compelling and nuanced re-evaluation of social stratification within Newar society, moving beyond simplistic notions of 'pure' cas...

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Michael Allen

Girls' Pre-Puberty Rites among the Newars of Kathmandu Valley

Anthropology

IN THIS CHAPTER I describe two unusual rites performed by the Newars of Kathmandu Valley; an elaborate two-day ceremony in which a large gr...

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This paper, "Girls' Pre-Puberty Rites among the Newars of Kathmandu Valley," offers a compelling and ethnographically rich examination of distinctive...

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Stacy Allison-Cassin, Camille Callison, Robin Desmeules

The First Nations, Métis, Inuit Indigenous Ontology and Challenges in the Development of an Indigenous Community Vocabulary in the Canadian Context

Anthropology

Creating and implementing Indigenous-led thesauri and vocabularies for wide adoption by cultural memory institutions is essential to providing respect...

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This article presents a timely and critical examination of the First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Indigenous Ontology (FNMIIO), outlining its development...

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This manuscript introduces an interesting and culturally significant topic, focusing on the ethnomedical practice of "gecel bayi" (baby massage) withi...