| Description |
xxiii, 237 pages ; 26 cm |
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Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin ; 76 |
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Bishop Museum Press reprints |
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Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
Bulletin ; 76
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Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin ; 76
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| Contents |
Social structure: Principles involved -- Ideal structure-- Village organization -- Intravillage functions of the Fono -- Intervillage functions of the Fono -- Descent group -- Outside the pattern -- Subversion of the ideal pattern -- Village structure and descent group -- Individual in the social pattern: Village groups -- Craft relationships --Descent group --Offenders and the offended -- Daily life in Manua --Ceremonial life in Manua: types of ceremonial --Significant seating arrangement --Elements in malaga ceremonial -- Fono ceremonial -- Ceremonies based upon reciprocal relations --Transaction type -- Validations --Economic aspect of Manuan society: Division of labor -- Property -- Dominant cultural attitudes -- Birth, childhood and adolescence: Ceremonies and observances connected with birth --Functions of relatives -- Care and feeding of the child -- Adoption -- Childhood -- Circumcision -- Formal recognition by the community -- Aumaga -- Aualuma -- Titled youth -- Courtship, marriage and maturity -- Sickness, death, and burial: Theories of sickness and death -- Preparation of corpse and interment -- Mourning ceremonies -- Burial and rank -- Functions of relatives -- Proxy burial -- Kava ceremonial: Kava making -- Uses of kava -- Kava in the household -- Kava in the village -- Variations in the ceremony -- Prohibitions -- Kava as a beverage -- Historical considerations -- Rank in Manua: Costume and rank -- Courtesy language -- Rank in relation to other aspects of culture -- Tapu: Tapu in Polynesia -- Samoan tapus which are Polynesian -- Samoan categories of the forbidden -- Hieroglyphic tapus -- Rank and tapu -- Attitude towards women -- Prohibitions concerning death -- Prohibitions surrounding work -- Prohibitions surrounding gods -- Lifting tapus -- Kinship functions and terminology: Kinship terms -- Terms of address -- Descent -- Genealogies and family traditions -- Functions of relatives -- Avoidance -- Comparison with western Samoa --Manuan religion: Traditions of creation -- Manuan gods -- Classes of spiritual beings -- Priests and mediums --Life after death -- Sun cult -- Human sacrifice, prayers, and offerings -- Summary -- Dreams and omens -- War, cannibalism, and justice -- The Tui Manua and the seven villages of Manua: Village differentiation --Traditions of the name of Manua -- Traditions surrounding the Tui Manua -- Installation of the Tui Manua -- Tapu of the Tui Manua -- Etiquette surrounding the Tui manua --Marriage of the Tui Manua -- Taupou of the Tui Manua -- Manaia of the Tui Manua --Death and burial of the Tui Manua --Genealogies of the Tui Manua -- Position of the Tui Manua in the Manuan Archipelago -- Kava ceremony of the Tui Manua -- the Faalupega of Manua -- Relationship of the Tui manua to the rest of Samoa -- Tau -- Faleaasao -- Fitiuta (Agae) -- Ofu -- Olosega -- Sili -- Glossary -- Bibliography --Conclusion 1969, Reflections on later theoretical work on the Samoans -- Appendix 1: Later publications on Samoa used in preparation of 1969 edition -- Appendix 2: Later publications by the author |
| Notes |
First published 1930 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- American Samoa -- Manua Islands.
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Samoans -- Social life and customs.
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Social structure -- American Samoa -- Manua Islands.
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| SUBJECT |
Manua (American Samoa)
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Manua Islands (American Samoa) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004005429 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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Manua, American Samoa
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Tubuai (French Polynesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89005312
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Manuae (Cook Islands) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87001088
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| LC no. |
76092276 |
| ISBN |
0910240086 |
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