Learning to believe in Papua New Guinea

Description:

This chapter examines how witchcraft and sorcery beliefs are reproduced among the educated working and middle classes in Papua New Guinea. In a context where tertiary schooling is accessible only to a tiny segment of the population, many educated people in PNG feel anxious about their social position and worry that their upward mobility will provoke envy and resentment in the less fortunate. Th...

Display date:

2017-09-22

Location:

Papua New Guinea

Format:

Book item

Collections:

Massey Research Online

Contributors:

Rio, K

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan

Content partner:

Massey University

Availability:

Not specified