Culture Change and Ex-Change

Regina Knapp acquired her PhD degree in 2011 at the Australian National University, Canberra. Since her early studies she conducted various research projects in Papua New Guinea.

• Maps and PhotographsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations ∧ Note on Foreign TermsIntroduction: Culture Change and ExchangeChapter 1. Bena Stories, Histories and SocialityChapter 2. Unexpected Actions and strategic Exchanges: Leadership, Warfare, and EconomyChapter 3. In Exchange with the World: The Concept of Person in BenaChapter 4. Changing Exchanges: Head Payments and Life-Cycle RitualsChapter 5. Magical Practices and their Transformations in Modern BenaChapter 6. Sanguma: The ‘Essence-Suckers’Chapter 7. In Exchange with God: Christianity in modern BenaChapter 8. Expect the Unexpected: Scientology in NapamogonaConclusionReferencesIndex

“…this is a well-researched and ethnographically rich book…Readers with an interest in culture change, Melanesian personhood, the anthropology of Christianity, as well as those interested in the recent upsurge in sorcery and witchcraft in Papua New Guinea will find it particularly fascinating.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“This book is a rich ethnography of Bena people in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea and their cultural focus on exchange relationships.” • Sabine C. Hess, Australia National University