Book
A Solomon Island society: kinship and leadership among the Siuai of Bougainville
Harvard University Press • Cambridge • Published In 1955 • Pages:
By: Oliver, Douglas L..
Abstract
This fundamental ethnography of the Siwai provides a comprehensive account of the culture in order to frame traditional authority and the actions of leaders. Specific themes covered include the environment, settlement patterns, subsistence practices, property system, land use, cosmology, myths, social organization, values, the life cycle, and ceremonial practices. It is shown how an ambitious man can manipulate complicated exchanges in resources, especially pigs, in order to host a "social-climbing" feast in which the prime objective is to humiliate a rival and gain renown.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field Date
- 1938-1939
- Coverage Date
- 1938-1939
- Coverage Place
- Southern Bougainville, North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- Douglas L. Oliver
- Includes bibliographical references in "Notes" (p. 489-527)
- LCCN
- 54009776
- LCSH
- Siuai (Papuan people)
- Leadership