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Koreri Messianic Movements in the Biak-Numfor Culture Area

Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land-, En Volkenkunde Translation Series 15

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  1. Freerk Ch. Kamma
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • Freerk Ch. Kamma
    Pages 1-4

  3. The Setting

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    Pages 5-16

  4. The Myth of Manarmakeri

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    Pages 17-36

  5. The Return of Manseren Manggundi and the Conclusion of the Myth

    • Freerk Ch. Kamma
    Pages 37-49

  6. The Meaning of the Differences in the Variants of the Myth

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    Pages 50-63

  7. The Connection with Biak Mythology

    • Freerk Ch. Kamma
    Pages 64-96

  8. The Advent Nights

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    Pages 97-101

  9. History of the Movements 1855–1967

    • Freerk Ch. Kamma
    Pages 102-156

  10. The Movements of 1938–1943 in Biak, Numfor and Japen

    • Freerk Ch. Kamma
    Pages 157-213

  11. The Historical Factors and the Influence of the Contact-Situations on the Movements

    • Freerk Ch. Kamma
    Pages 214-230

  12. Closing Remarks on the Movements as A Problem

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    Pages 231-273

  13. Summary and Conclusion

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    Pages 274-282

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 283-333
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About this book

This study developed out of the personal experience of daily life that I and my family had in the years 1932-1942 among the Biak­ speaking people of the Radja Ampat area (Sorong), West New Guinea. Our family had become integrated into the community as far as possible, and we used the Biak language every day. Three of the movements described in this book took place in that area, so that I was able to study them under the favorable conditions of direct participation and observation. The first edition of the book in 1954 (in Dutch) was the writer's doctoral thesis (Ph. D.), written under the guidance of the late Professor J. P. B. de Josselin de Jong. I am very grateful to the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthro­ pology, Leiden, for publishing the revised English edition in its Translation Series. The Biak material deserves more readers than the Dutch edition was able to reach.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Koreri Messianic Movements in the Biak-Numfor Culture Area

  • Book Subtitle: Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land-, En Volkenkunde Translation Series 15

  • Authors: Freerk Ch. Kamma

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0742-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-0230-6Published: 01 January 1972

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-0742-4Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 328

  • Topics: Social Sciences, general

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