Background
Mosko, Mark S. was born on August 18, 1948 in Pittsburgh. Son of Andrew and Sarah J. (Thigpen) Mosko.
(Despite almost a century of contact with Europeans, the B...)
Despite almost a century of contact with Europeans, the Bush Mekeo people of Papua New Guinea are still essentially unknown to the anthropological world. This book was the first detailed, comprehensive study of Bush Mekeo culture and society. Using a rigourous structuralist approach to interpret in a consistent and systematic way the principal meanings and social practices of this South Seas way of life, Mark Mosko provides a convincing portrayal of Bush Mekeo culture and society as a unified, coherent and logical 'whole'. The main force of the book is to explore empirically the logic by which Bush Mekeo symbols are connected. Beginning with native symbolic constructions of space and time, Professor Mosko carefully unfolds the associated beliefs and practices pertaining to the body, to the relations between genders, to the system of social organisation and to the dramatic and resplendent Bush Mekeo mortuary ceremonial.
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(This book was the first detailed, comprehensive study of ...)
This book was the first detailed, comprehensive study of Bush Mekeo culture and society.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FBBL2GO/?tag=2022091-20
educator social anthropologist
Mosko, Mark S. was born on August 18, 1948 in Pittsburgh. Son of Andrew and Sarah J. (Thigpen) Mosko.
Bachelor, University California, Santa Barbara, 1970. Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1980.
Assistant professor Hartwick College, Oconta, New York, 1980-1989, associate professor Oneonta, 1991-1993. Research fellow Australian National University, Canberra, 1989-1991. Professor Auckland (New Zealand) University, since 1993.
Visiting fellow Australian National University, Canberra, since 1999.
(Despite almost a century of contact with Europeans, the B...)
(This book was the first detailed, comprehensive study of ...)
Fellow American Anthropol. Association; member Royal Anthropol. Institute, Association Social Anthropologists in Australia/New Zealand Oceania (executive board).
Married Cassandra L. Hill, July 5, 1974. 1 child, Orion Amadeus.