Knauft, Bruce M.

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KNAUFT, Bruce M.

KNAUFT, Bruce M. American, b. 1954. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology. Career: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, postdoctoral research fellow, 1983-85; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, assistant professor, 1985-90, associate professor of anthropology, 1990-. Conducted field research in Papua New Guinea. Publications: Good Company and Violence: Sorcery and Social Action in a Lowland New Guinea Society, 1985; South Coast New Guinea Cultures: History, Comparison, Dialectic, 1993. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to anthropology journals. Address: Department of Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A.

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