'Now we know shame': Malu and Stigma among Highlanders in the Papuan Diaspora

Jenny Munro

doi:10.22459/fsart.04.2015.07

'Now we know shame': Malu and Stigma among Highlanders in the Papuan Diaspora

Jenny Munro

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Prior to colonialism and Christianity, Dani societies clearly knew shame in their own ways. Yet among young people with whom I lived in North Sulawesi and Papua, assertions that Dani people now experience themselves as malu, the Indonesian term for embarrassed, humiliated, ashamed, or shy, in a host of novel contexts and encounters held sway even as it contrasted sharply with their private behaviour and usual confidence among Papuan highlanders.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities
Editors	Martin Slama and Jenny Munro
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	ANU Press
Pages	169-194
Volume	1
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9781925022438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22459/fsart.04.2015.07
Publication status	Published - 2015

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