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Precedence : social differentiation in the Austronesian world /

"This collection of papers is the sixth volume in the Comparative Austronesian series. The papers that comprise this volume examine the concept of precedence as a form of local discourse and as a mechanism for ordering status, at different levels, within specific Austronesian-speaking societies...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Vischer, Michael P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2009.
Series:Comparative Austronesian series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Precedence in perspective / James J. Fox
  • Origin and precedence: the construction and distribution of status in the highlands of Bali / Thomas A. Reuter
  • Distinguishing hierarchy and precedence: comparing status distinctions in South Asia and the Austronesian world, with special reference to South Sulawesi / Greg Acciaioli
  • The discourse and practice of precedence / James J. Fox
  • Trunk and tip in West Timor: orecedence in a botanical idiom / Andrew McWilliam
  • Precedence in the formation of the domain of Wai Brama and the Rajadom of Sikka / E.D. Lewis
  • Precedence, contestation, and the deployment of sacred authority in a Florenese village / David Butterworth
  • A tale of two villages: hierarchy and precedence in Keo dual organization (Flores, Indonesia) / Gregory Forth
  • Hierarchy, precedence and values: scopes for social action in Ngadhaland, Central Flores / Olaf H. Smedal
  • Hierarchy and precedence in Keiese Origin myths / Timo Kaartinen
  • Contestations: dynamics of precedence in an eastern Indonesian domain / Michael P. Vischer.