"The Vailala madness", and other essays
By: [by] Francis Edgar Williams ; edited, with an introduction by Erik Schwimmer.
Publisher: C. Hurst
Published: 1976
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea.; Rites and ceremonies -- Papua New Guinea.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 422-427.
Appendix (p. 419-421): F. E. Williams' account of his study in Europe.
Table of contents: title: Trading voyages from the Gulf of Papua.; title: Bull-roarers in the Papuan Gulf.; title: Sex affiliation and its implications.; title: Natives of Lake Kutubu, Papua.; title: The Vailala madness and the destruction of native ceremonies in the gulf division.; title: The Vailala madness in retrospect.; title: Creed of a government anthropologist.