A Guadalcanal society
Subtitle: the Kaoka speakers.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Ethnology -- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal
Other titles: Kaoka speakers.
Notes: "References cited and recommended reading": p. 99-101.
Table of contents: title: Social structure. The village -- The hamlet -- The household -- Structure and organization -- Kinship terms and behavior -- A comparison with the Hill People -- Sex and marriage. Prostitution -- Seduction -- Preliminaries to marriage -- Girls’ puberty rites -- The bridal payment -- Divorce -- Behavior of affines -- Rearing a family. Moving about -- Moral training -- Punishment -- Learning about kinship -- Children’s games -- Technical education -- Getting a living. Horticulture -- Fishing -- House construction -- Domestic tasks -- Trade -- Conflict. Disputes -- Causes of trouble -- Death sorcery -- Remedies for sorcery -- Death and vengeance -- The headman. Qualities admired -- Early steps toward status -- Further advancement -- The established headman -- Rival headmen -- Religion. Warrior spirits -- Shark spirits -- Snake spirits -- Clan spirits and the village -- Funeral ritual -- The remains of the dead -- Worship of the dead -- Women’s taboos -- Magic -- Nanama and mana -- Morals and religion -- Christianity -- Religion of the Hill People -- Recent changes -- References cited and recommended reading -- Glossary of anthropological terms.