Holly Wardlow: 2 books
Wayward Women
Sexuality and Agency in a New Guinea Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2006
Written with uncommon grace and clarity, this extremely engaging ethnography analyzes female agency, gendered violence, and transactional sex in contemporary Papua New Guinea. Focusing on Huli "passenger women," (women who accept money for sex) Wayward Women explores the socio-economic factors...
The Making of Global and Local Modernities in Melanesia
Humiliation, Transformation and the Nature of Cultural Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Authored by well-established and respected scholars, this work examines the kinds of efforts that have been made to adopt Western modernity in Melanesia and explores the reasons for their varied outcomes. The contributors take the work of Professor Marshall Sahlins as a starting point, assessing his...