Grand Valley Dani, Peaceful Warriors
By: by Karl G. Heider.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Dani (New Guinea people)
Notes: Bibliography: p. 147-149.
Table of contents: title: Pronunciation -- Introduction Studying the Dani. Adventure one : the fieldwork -- Adventure two : the homework -- The Dani. Introduction to the Dani -- The Dani environment -- Dani subsistence technology -- Density of population -- Labor and its division -- Settlements -- Dani tools -- Arts and play -- Social relationships. Territorial organization -- Descent groups -- Big men as leaders -- Kinship terms -- The family -- Social control and social conflict -- Conflict -- War -- Religion and ritual. The supernatural -- Funerals -- The pig feast -- Appendix : three films on the Grand Valley Dani.