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Bruce Knauft

Author of The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World

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Yuway of the Gebusi Wapksiayk clan was born about 1961. Yuway was Bruce Knauft's friend and language helper during his first fieldwork. Bruce helped support his initiation into adulthood along with his courtship and marriage. The father of five children, Yuway became a Christian during the 1990s show more and remained one of Bruce's closest Gebusi friends. He died of an illness in June 2009 at about 48 years of age. This third edition of The Gebusi is dedicated to his memory. show less

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Works by Bruce Knauft

The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World (2004) 53 copies

Critically Modern: Alternatives, Alterities, Anthropologies (2002) 23 copies

Genealogies for the Present in Cultural Anthropology (1996) 20 copies

The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World, Fourth Edition (2015) 19 copies

South Coast New Guinea Cultures: History, Comparison, Dialectic (1993) 7 copies

The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World, Fifth Edition (2022) 3 copies

Exchanging the Past: A Rainforest World of Before and After (2002) 2 copies

From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and Anthropology (1999) 1 copy

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Corruption and Illiberal Politics in the Trump Era (2022) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Gender: male
Occupations: anthropologist
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Associated Place (for map): Georgia, USA

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