Matupit revisited : social change, local organization and the sense of place - article ; n°1 ; vol.86, pg 21-40

Arnold L.Epstein

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Journal de la Société des océanistes - Année 1988 - Volume 86 - Numéro 1 - Pages 21-40
ABSTRACT
By 1960, after almost a century of close involvement with the wider society created by colonialism, the people of Matupit had come to be known as among the most 'westernized' in Papua New Guinea. It turned out in fact that, despite the marked degree of cultural erosion in their social life, local organization was still governed by traditional structural principles of residence and descent. Now fieldwork conducted a generation later suggests, even more remarkably perhaps, that the basic combination of matriliny and virilocality still holds. But that would be an over-simple view, ignoring the way the local situation is being profoundly shaped by population growth and the tendency for increasing numbers of Matupi to settle in the towns and elsewhere. In 1960 it seemed necessary to focus on the island's internal arrangements to stress continuity ; today these have to be examined in their wider context if one is not to miss the import of major sources of change that are at work.
RÉSUMÉ
Vers 1960, après un siècle ou presque de participation à la société globale créée par la colonisation, la population de Matupit en était venue à être classée parmi les plus « occidentalisées » de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée. Il apparut alors en réalité que, malgré l'intensité de l'érosion culturelle subie par leur vie sociale, ces gens avaient encore une organi-
20 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: JOURNAL_DE_LA_SOCIETE_DES_OCEANISTES
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1988
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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