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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 3-5-A photo essay that introduces the divergent cultures and traditions of two tribes in Papua New Guinea. Village life is related through the activities of a young Huli boy as he observes and participates in his family's daily rituals. A young girl performs the same role in the section on the Sepik River people. The narrative provides a balanced account of life styles that have survived for hundreds of years and have only recently been touched by modern society. The changes brought by modernization are shown in subtle ways, as in a photograph of tribal warriors that shows one of them wearing a construction helmet, and in the description of their use of purchased body paint and brushes. The featured children live within their traditions, but cast an eye toward modern transportation, dress, and education. Full-color photographs are clear, informative, and supportive of the text. Captions are small and not always directly adjacent to the photos, but this is otherwise an attractive and informative presentation. General background information about the area, clear maps, and an author's note are included.-Diane Nunn, Richard E. Byrd Elementary School, Glen Rock, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
By meeting actual inhabitants of the Tari Valley and a village on the Sepik River, the reader learns how tribal groups are maintaining their traditional ways despite modern pressures. The accompanying color photographs show many of their activities, such as hut-building, fire-making, mask-making, and wig-making. A beautiful portrait of rich cultural diversity within a small country. From HORN BOOK 1993, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Striking color photos and a brief text provide tantalizing glimpses of two remote and unusual cultures; but since little effort is made to compare them, the reader is left with compelling but fleeting images of the bizarre and beautiful, rather than an understanding of either. The Huli of the southern highlands separate men and women, and each gender has specialized roles. Photos show men with stunning headdresses decorated with hair, bone, feathers and flowers, their faces vividly painted and patterned. The people of the Sepik River live in houses built on stilts, using the river for food and transport. Ornate carvings, ritual scarification, and ceremonial song and dance festivals called Sing Sings typify their culture. The author, who has traveled to other remote areas for her photo essays (Kanu of Kathmandu, 1992) captures some splendid images, but remains a tourist. (Nonfiction. 10)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 4-6. Margolies' photographs are the draw in this oversize volume in which she introduces two communities in Papua New Guinea. In an isolated area of the southern highlands live the Huli people, who were first visited by outsiders in the 1930s. The other group, a people who were once cannibals and headhunters, resides by the Sepik River. After a one-page introduction that describes a bit of the geography, history, and products of Papua New Guinea, Margolies takes readers into these two villages. The text, supplemented by photo captions (in very small print), is strictly an overview. And while the photographs of decorated, wigged Huli villagers weaving, hunting, and performing other local customs and of Sepik River people fishing and carving statues fascinate, the text seems almost contrived by comparison. For instance, the focus of the Huli people is Eiya, a boy of three or so. It's hard to believe that "while the men smoke and talk, Eiya thinks about his cousins," who left their farm a year ago to go to "a faraway, isolated village where only unmarried men can go." There's also not much effort to place the life and customs of these people in the context of any larger world. A photo-essay with the accent on the photos. ~--Ilene Cooper