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oapen-20.500.12657-763562023-10-06T11:42:46Z Of Humans, Pigs, and Souls Mimica, Jadran Social Science Folklore & Mythology Social Science Anthropology Cultural & Social bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFH Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge::JFHF Folklore, myths & legends bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography For the Yagwoia-Angan people of Papua New Guinea womba is a malignant power with the potential to afflict any soul with cravings for pig meat and human flesh. Drawing on long-term research among the Yagwoia, and in an analysis informed by phenomenology and psychoanalysis, Jadran Mimica explores the womba complex in its local cultural-existential determinations and regional permutations. He attends to the lived experience of this complex in relation to the wider context of mortuary practices, feasting, historical cannibalism, and sorcery. His account of womba illuminates the moral meanings of Yagwoia selfhood, and associated senses of subjectivity and agency. Mimica concludes by reflecting on the recent escalation of concerns with witchcraft and sorcery in Papua New Guinea, specifically in relation to a new wave of Christian evangelism occurring in partnership with the state. 2023-09-21T05:32:58Z 2023-09-21T05:32:58Z 2020 book 9781912808311 9781912808717 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76356 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International external_content.pdf HAU Books HAU Books 106004 b74962f8-84f3-4d30-ae61-396a70a5d3b0 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781912808311 9781912808717 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) HAU Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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For the Yagwoia-Angan people of Papua New Guinea womba is a malignant power with the potential to afflict any soul with cravings for pig meat and human flesh. Drawing on long-term research among the Yagwoia, and in an analysis informed by phenomenology and psychoanalysis, Jadran Mimica explores the womba complex in its local cultural-existential determinations and regional permutations. He attends to the lived experience of this complex in relation to the wider context of mortuary practices, feasting, historical cannibalism, and sorcery. His account of womba illuminates the moral meanings of Yagwoia selfhood, and associated senses of subjectivity and agency. Mimica concludes by reflecting on the recent escalation of concerns with witchcraft and sorcery in Papua New Guinea, specifically in relation to a new wave of Christian evangelism occurring in partnership with the state.
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