power of perspective social ontology and agency on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu
By: Knut Mikjel Rio.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845452933
Subjects: Ethnology -- Vanuatu -- Ambrym; Kinship -- Vanuatu -- Ambrym; Rites and ceremonies -- Vanuatu -- Ambrym; Ceremonial exchange -- Vanuatu -- Ambrym; Ambrym (Vanuatu) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Kinship and sand drawing; title: The totalising third party; title: The spirals of marriage; title: Of yams and men; title: The intentionality of ceremonial agency; title: Displaying life after death; title: The phenomenology of Ambrym exchange; title: Conclusions: Denying the gift.