To sing with pigs is human : the concept of person in Papua New Guinea /

Goodale's account of the Kaulong of New Britain conveys a detailed sense of the concerns and actions of people in the villages where she lived, as well as some of the structural features of the society. Kaulong data are important for both regional comparisons and understandings of gender and kinship. Kaulong courting behavior--in which young women chase and beat men--and concepts of marriage are striking. Goodale locates them in the context of the concept of the person, sibling relations, and intergenerational continuity. Her accounts of exchange, local leaders, and song fill out the sketch of Kaulong life. This is a careful and clear ethnography, covering data that will be a reference point for future debates. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above. J. Kirkpatrick SMS Research