A Solomon Island Society: Kinship And Leadership Among The Siuai Of Bougainville by Douglas L. Oliver

This fundamental ethnography of the Siwai provides a comprehensive account of the culture in order to frame traditional authority and the actions of leaders. Specific themes covered include the environment, settlement patterns, subsistence practices, property system, land use, cosmology, myths, social organization, values, the life cycle, and ceremonial practices. It is shown how an ambitious man can manipulate complicated exchanges in resources, especially pigs, in order to host a "social-climbing" feast in which the prime objective is to humiliate a rival and gain renown.

Publisher:	Beacon Press
Year:	1967
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780807046890
Condition:	Good
Description:	Owner's Name inside. Cover sunned, rubbed and creased; tape residue to inside cover.

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SKU: 1603454
Location: Pacific