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Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- Copyright © by SAGE Publications
- ISSN
- 1468-7976
- eISSN
- 1741-3206
- DOI
- 10.1177/1468797606071471
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This article questions the distinctiveness of hosts and guests, and blurs theboundaries between a commitment to established relationships and an emergent moderntourist identity among Biangai travelers in Papua New Guinea. As a result ofcolonial pacification, the Biangai increasingly experience the nation as travelers,while at the same time welcoming gold miners, researchers and eco-tourists to theirmid-montane forests and wildlife management areas. When they travel, young men oftenstylize themselves as ‘local tourist’. Here, I examine whatappear to be two ‘traditional’ trips -one for a redistributivefeast, and another for a marriage ceremony -where expectations of commensurability,exchange, friendships, and some sort of shared space are not met. As travelers andtourists, the Biangai reveal a different gaze from those commonly associated withinternational tourists.
Journal
Tourist Studies: An International Journal – SAGE
Published: Aug 1, 2006