Where the Spirits Dwell: An Odyssey in the Jungle of New Guinea
by Tobias Schneebaum
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Tobias Schneebaum here tells the remarkable story of his four years among the Asmat of New Guinea, a jungle-dwelling people rumored to have killed Michael Rockefeller. Instead of ferocious cannibals, Schneebaum found a regal, gentle people who freely accepted him and initiated him into a way of life no outsider had ever seen before.Tags
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Tobias Scheebaum: From 1973 to 1983 he was assistant to the curator of the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Since then he has lectured widely and curated several exhibitions on Asmat art. Schneebaum is the subject of a documentary film, Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale It premiered at the Los show more Angeles Independent Film Festival in April 2000, where it received the Critic's Choice Award. show less
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- Where the spirits dwell
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- Anthropology, Nonfiction, Travel, Biography & Memoir, LGBTQ+, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
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- 306.70899922 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Sexual relations
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- DU744.35 .A82 .S37 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Oceania (South Seas) History of Oceania (South Seas) Smaller island groups New Guinea
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