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1 online resource (209 pages) |
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Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to Anuta; Preparation for Fieldwork; Life on Anuta; Conceptual and Organizational Plan; A Note on Translation; 2. The Setting; Historical Background; Pre-Contact History; European Contact; Living Conditions; Resources and Their Exploitation; Agriculture; Fish and Game; Wage Labor and the Impact of the Outside World; 3. Kinship in Anutan Culture; What Is Kinship?; Kin Terms and Kin Classes; Terms of Reference; "Consanguineal"; Affinal; Terms of Address; Criteria for Kin Class Membership; Intraclass Distinctions |
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Extragenealogical KinThe Conceptual Basis of Anutan Kinship; 4. Domestic Life; Patongia: The Elementary Domestic Unit; Economic Functions; Gardens; Canoes; Interpersonal Relations; Mother-Child (Tau Pae); Father-Child (Tau Tamana); Grandparent-Grandchild (Tau Tupuna); Parallel Siblings (Tau Paanau); Cross Siblings (Tau Kave); Husband-Wife (Rumatua); 'Adoption' (Kauapi); 'Formal Friends' (Tau Toa); Authority Structure within the Elementary Group; Unit Segmentation; Summary and Discussion; 5. Kindred and Marriage; Ngutuumu ('Oven Sharers'); An Outline of the Kindred |
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Interpersonal Relations within the KindredTau Makitanga ('Father's Sister-Brother's Child'); Tau Tuatina ('Mother's Brother-Sister's Child'); Cross Cousins; Tau Maa ('Parallel Siblings-in-Law'); Taina Tangata-Taina Papine ('Cross Siblings-in-Law'); Tau Pungona ('Parent-in-law and Child-in-law'); Ritual Structure: Iki Nga Inati; Life Crises; Pai Paanaunga ('Birth Recognition'); Paangai Ika ('Fish Feeding'); Angaa ('Initiation'); Vai Pa; Puru Nga Kere ('Circumcision'); Aavanga ('Wedding'); Pariki ('Funeral'); Marital Alliance; 6. Descent Categories and Descent Groups: Pare, Api, and Kainanga |
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'Hearth' and 'House'Kainanga; Internal Structure; Role of the Kainanga; Summary; 7. Kanopenua: The Overall Community; Defining the Community; Political Structure; Religion and the Church; Religious Activities; Temporal Activities; Spiritual Power and Temporal Authority; Summary; 8. Three Decades of Change and an Uncertain Future; External Pressures and Internal Change; Commercialization of Interpersonal Relations; Relations with Governmental Bodies; Anutans in Honiara; Housing: Proposed Solutions and New Problems; Development Issues at the Start of the New Millennium; Education; Transport |
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Health and Medical CareChurch Construction; Disaster Relief; Money; Shark Fins; Bêche-de-mer; Commercial Fishing; Population Control; Lessons for America; Endnotes; Glossary; References |
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Print version record |
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Ethnology -- Solomon Islands -- Anuta Island
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Polynesians -- Solomon Islands -- Anuta Island -- Social life and customs
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Ethnology
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Manners and customs
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Polynesians -- Social life and customs
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Anuta Island (Solomon Islands) -- Social life and customs
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Solomon Islands -- Anuta Island
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781612774787 |
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1612774784 |
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