Foodways and Empathy

Relatedness in a Ramu River Society, Papua New Guinea
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-220-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 424 g

Reihe: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific

Through the sharing of food, people feel entitled to inquire into one another’s lives and ponder one another’s states in relation to their foodways. This in-depth study focuses on the Bosmun of Daiden, a Ramu River people in an under-represented area in the ethnography of Papua New Guinea, uncovering the conceptual convergence of local notions of relatedness, foodways, and empathy. In weaving together discussions about paramount values as passed on through myth, the expression of feelings in daily life, and the bodily experience of social and physical environs, a life-world unfolds in which moral, emotional, and embodied foodways contribute notably to the creation of relationships. Concerned with unique processes of “making kin,” the book adds a distinct case to recent debates about relatedness and empathy and sheds new light onto the conventional anthropological themes of food production, sharing, and exchange.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Poser, Anita Von

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps and Figures

Acknowledgements

Annotations to the Text  

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Ethnographic Frame

Chapter 2. The Sago Spirit’s Legacy and Bosmun Sociality

Chapter 3. Nzari’s Journey and the Enactment of Life Cycle Events

Chapter 4. Ropor’s Belly and Emplaced Empathy

Conclusion                                                                                                                                     

Glossary

Appendix

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Poser, Anita Von
Anita von Poser was awarded a DPhil at the University of Heidelberg. As a postdoctoral fellow of the multidisciplinary Max Planck International Research Network on Aging, she was based at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale. She currently holds a teaching and research position at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University Berlin.