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Siblingship in Oceania : studies in the meaning of kin relations / edited by Mac Marshall.
Penn Museum Library GN663 .S53 1983
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LIBRA GN663 .S53 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- ASAO monograph ; no. 8.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kinship--Oceania--Congresses.
- Kinship.
- Oceania.
- Siblings--Oceania--Congresses.
- Siblings.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Oceania--Social life and customs--Congresses.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- proceedings (reports)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [1983]
- Summary:
- 1. Introduction: Approaches to Siblingship in Oceania / Mac Marshall. 2. Meanings of Siblingship in Marquesan society / John Kirkpatrick. 3. The cultural contexts of Siblingship in Pukapuka / Julia A. Hecht. 4. Complementary and similar kinsmen in Tokelau / Judith Huntsman. 5. The meaning of 'Sibling' on Anuta / Richard Feinberg.
- 6. Authority, equality and complementarity in Butaritari-Makin sibling relationships / Bernard Lambert. 7. Sibling sets building blocks I greater Trukese society / Mac Marshall. 8. Palauan Siblingship: A Study in structural complementarity / DeVerne Reed Smith. 9. Siblings as spouses: the reproduction and replacement of Kaulong society / Jane C. Goodale. 10. Siblings in Malo culture / Robert L. Rubinstein. 11. Cain and Abel on the Malay Peninsula / Robert McKinley. 12. Conclusions / David M. Schneider.
- Contents:
- Introduction : approaches to siblingship in Oceania / Mac Marshall
- Meanings of siblingship in Marquesan society / John Kirkpatrick
- The cultural contexts of siblingship in Pukapuka / Julia A. Hecht
- Complementary and similar kinsmen in Tokelau / Judith Huntsman
- The meaning of 'sibling' on Anuta / Richard Feinberg
- Authority, equality and complementarity in Butaritari-Makin sibling relationships (Northern Gilbert Islands) / Bernd Lambert
- Sibling sets as building blocks in greater Trukese society / Mac Marshall
- Palauan siblingship : a study in structural complementarity / DeVerne Reed Smith
- Siblings as spouses : the reproduction and replacement of Kaulong society / Jane C. Goodale
- Siblings in Malo culture / Robert L. Rubinstein
- Cain and Abel on the Malay peninsula / Robert McKinley
- Conclusions / David M. Schneider.
- Notes:
- Revised papers originally presented at a symposium at the 7th annual meeting of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, held at the Asilomar Conference center, Pacific Grove, Calif., Feb. 15-19, 1978.
- Reprint. Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, 1979. (ASAO monograph ; no. 8)
- Bibliography: pages [405]-418.
- ISBN:
- 0819134295 :
- OCLC:
- 9731666
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