Marriage among the Trio: a principle of social organisation / Peter Rivière
1969, 1st Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #355156
ISBN: 0198231512
Physical description: xviii, 353 pages, 12 plates: illustrations, genealogical tables, maps; 23 cm. Contents: Background to the trio. The setting; history of the trio; Selected aspects of trio culture -- Trio society: the facts. The criteria of social classification; The criteria in action; The pattern of residence; Trio marriage -- Trio society: content and meaning. Life's dull round: co-operating kin; Life's dull round: obligated affines; Inside and out; Dancing and distrusting; Nature and culture; Comparative and theoretical aspects. Subjects: Trio Indians Marriage customs and rites. Marriage Suriname. Marriage customs and rites Suriname.
Price: €25.00