Book
Kinship in the Admiralty Islands
American Museum of Natural History • XXXIV (II) • Published In 1934 • Pages: 181-358
By: Mead, Margaret.
Abstract
This source, written by a professional anthropologist of some note, presents a highly detailed analysis and description of the multi-faceted complexities of the Manus kinship system, the data of which comprise nine-tenths of this entire work. Data to be found in this source pertain to: rank among the Manus, the gens, the structure of the kinship system, kinship behavior, the child and his relationship to the kinship categories, kin inter-relationships in adult life, religious orientation of the kinship system, inheritance, ceremonial plunder, and methods of contravening the established kinship system (by adoption, modification of terminology, etc.). The fieldwork for this study was undertaken by the author, then a Fellow of the Social Science Research Council, from November 1928- to June 1929 in conjunction with an ethnographic study on Manus religion being conducted at that time by R. Fortune.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1964
- Field Date
- 1928-1929
- Coverage Date
- 1928-1929
- Coverage Place
- Village of Peri, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- by Margaret Mead
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 34018353
- LCSH
- Manus (Papua New Guinea people)