Asiwinarong : Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland /

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Professor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast" of that cycle, is invoked by the word "asiwinarong," which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wagner, Roy, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Barok (Papua New Guinean people)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • Prologue
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Barok Phonology
  • One. Bakan Village
  • Two. The Barok World
  • Three. Moiety and Relationship: The Core of Kastam
  • Four. The Clan: Exchange and Alliance
  • Five. A Tadak
  • Six. Pidik and Power
  • Seven. The Icon of Containment
  • Eight. Asiwinarong: Preemptive Successorship
  • Nine. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Reciprocity and the Orong
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter.

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