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

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

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Wagner, Roy,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1986
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1082
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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