The White Man Will Eat You! An Anthropologist among the Imbonggu of New Guinea

By William E. Wormsley

Book Overview

After spending years as an integral part of the Imbonggu community, Wormsley provides special insight into the lives of these people. In this fascinating narrative, readers learn about the Imbonggu's social structure, political process, leadership, social and economic exchange and obligations, bridewealth, religion and magic - as well as what it is like to be an anthropologist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0155001965
• ISBN13: 9780155001961
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.3" x 6.5"