Asiwinarong : ethos, image, and social power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland
1986, 1st edition. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #391256
ISBN: 0691094217
Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Physical description: 238 pages : plates : 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index. Contents: 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. Subjects: Barok (Papua New Guinean people); Ethnic Studies Native American Studies; Public Policy Cultural Policy; Anthropology Cultural; Popular Culture; Ethnology Papua New Guinea New Ireland; Barok language Texts; Papua New Guinea New Ireland Barok Anthropological perspectives.
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