Filled with insight, provocative in its conclusions, A\'aisa\'s Gifts is a groundbreaking ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea and a valuable contribution to anthropological theory.
Drawing on accounts by Mekeo ritual experts and laypersons, this is the first book to demonstrate magic\'s profound role in.
Based on twenty years\' fieldwork, this richly detailed Study of Mekeo esoteric knowledge, cosmology, and self-conceptualizations recasts accepted notions about Magic and selfhood.
Filled with insight, provocative in its conclusions, A\'aisa\'s Gifts is a groundbreaking ethnography of the Mekeo of Papua New Guinea and a valuable contribution to anthropological theory