Mortuary Feasting on New Ireland
Subtitle: The Activation of Matriliny Among the Sursurunga
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Published: July 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780897897211
Subjects: Cultural studies; Customs; Indigenous peoples; Social & cultural anthropology; Social Science; Kinship; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Social Institutions; Sursurunga (Papua New Guinea p; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Papua New Guinea; Matrilineal kinship; Anthropology - Cultural; Death & Dying; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Sursurunga (Papua New Guinea people); Customs & Traditions; Funeral customs and rites; New Ireland Province
First sentence: This book is about a series of mortuary feasts (so named because they take place in honor of deceased individuals) conducted by people known as the Sursurunga who live toward the southern end of the island of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.