Neighbours and killers : residence and dominance among the Hewa of New Guinea

Abstract

This study is a monograph on the Hewa, a group of New Guineans in the Western Highlands. When I first arrived at A.N.U. and took up by Research Scholarship, I had plans of studying a group of people who had had no contact with modern societies. My aim was to immerse myself into their culture, free myself from the ties of my own, and reach an understanding of the world from their perspective.