The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World, Fourth Edition
by Bruce Knauft
A concise ethnographic account of the Gebusi, documenting cultural continuity and change in a Papua New Guinea rainforest community through sustained anthropological fieldwork.
About This Book
The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World, Fourth Edition presents an ethnographic study of the Gebusi people of Papua New Guinea.
The work explores cultural practices, social organization, and the effects of external contact on a rainforest community.
Readers gain insight into how tradition and change intersect in daily life among the Gebusi.
The text draws on long-term fieldwork to document shifts in ritual, kinship, and economy.
This edition updates earlier observations with new data and reflections on ongoing transformation.
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