Dualism and hierarchy
Subtitle: processes of binary combination in Keo society
By: Gregory Forth.
Series: Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Keo (Indonesian people) -- Kinship.; Keo (Indonesian people) -- Marriage.; Keo (Indonesian people) -- Social life and customs.; Moieties -- Indonesia -- Flores Island.; Human settlements -- Indonesia -- Flores Island.; Flores Island (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-331) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: 1. Keo Society and the Anthropological Study ofDualism; title: 2. A Synopsis of Keo Geography, Economy, History, and Language; title: 3. Outline of the Volume; title: PART I: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DUALITIES; title: 1. Ancestors and Descendants: 'Mothers' and 'Children'; title: 1. The Earliest Ancestors; title: 2. Myths of Mount Nata; title: 3. Land Mothers and Defending Children; title: 2. Localized Unities and Dualities; title: 1. Villages (nua); title: 2. Hamlets (bo'a); title: 3. Double Settlements; title: 4. Instruments of Sacrifice; title: 5. Ceremonial Buildings; title: 6. Dual Leadership; title: 7. Sacrificing and the Articulation of Local Communities; title: 3. Clans, Estates, and Houses; title: I. Land Tenure; title: 2. Estates (ngapi); title: 3. Clans (suku or woe); title: 4. 7he House (sa'o); title: 4. Kinship and Marriage; title: I. The Relation of ka'e ari (elder-younger); title: 2. Marriage and Affinity; title: 3. Bridewealth and Counter-prestation; title: 4. Givers and Takers of Wives; title: 5. Alliance and the Perpetuation ofAffinity; title: 5. Metaphors of Social Process: Origination, Derivation, and; title: Incorporation; title: I. Pu'u: Origin, Source, Place of Derivation; title: 2. 'Descent' (poro); title: 3. Blood and Seed; title: 4. Degrees of Encompassment: Adoption and Incorporation; title: PART II: ETHNOGRAPHIC SKETCHES; title: I. The Domain of Lape, Eldest of the Ga'e; title: 1. Tamarind Village (Nua Nage); title: 2. A Village called Keo (Keo Ondo); title: 3. 1W/ulu's Pasture (Kuyu Wulu) and the Old Settlement of; title: Bolo Yoga; title: 4. Bolo: The Village of Dhoi Liwa; title: 5, A Village with Two Double Names: Saga Bhoja and Koyu Yiwe; title: 6. Paga; title: 7. Lundu (Upper Pau Lundu): One Half ofa Pair; title: 8. Summary and Prospect; title: 2. The Two Villages of Pajo Mala; title: I Lower Pajo Mala (Pajo Mala Nua Au); title: 2. Upper Pajo Mala (Pajo Mala Nua /iWawo) or Kate Bale; title: 3. Bale Wolo: A Derivative Settlement; title: 3. Unaffiliated Ancestors: The Pau Enclave; title: 1. Kota Pau; title: 2. Guyu Wolo; title: 3. The Lower Village ofPau Lundu (Pau Lundu Nua Au); title: 4. Pau Leka; title: 5. Lui (or Pau Lui); title: 6. The Three Pau Villages; title: 4. Keo Wayu and the Domain of Gera Ga'e; title: 1. Tales of GCra; title: 2. The Other Village called Keo (Keo Belo); title: 3. Munde; title: 4. Wulu Wayu (or Bo'a Ora); title: 5. The Domain of Gewo and the Land of Pogo Raga; title: 1. Pajo Reja; title: 1.1 Pajo; title: 1.2 Reja; title: 1.3 Sopi Sabe; title: 2. Nua Muri: The New Village of Late; title: 3. Sawu (or Sawu Obo); title: 4. Dhawe (Dhawe Mire); title: 5. Other Villages in the Domain of Gewo; title: 5.1 Dhawe Yoja; title: 5.2 Oja; title: 5.3 Wajo; title: 5.4 Loka Kayo; title: 6. Comparisons; title: 6. The Land of Lobo, the Youngest Ga'e; title: 1. Liwo; title: 2. Wulu; title: 3. Wagha; title: 4. Bena and Ma'u Bena; title: Conclusion; title: 1. Binary Relations; title: 2. The Spatial and Temporal Articulation ofDualistic Settlements; title: 3. Encompassment, lierarchy, and Precedence; title: 4. Further Thoughts on 'Village' and 'Clan'; title: 5. Dualism, Tripartition, and Other Combinations; title: 6. Do Dual Settlements Exist?; title: Appendix 1. Western Keo Kin Terms; title: Appendix 2. Formal Names of Villages; title: Appendix 3. Names of Clans and Villages; title: Appendix 4. Sacrificial Orations; title: References; title: Index.