Book
Both sides of Buka Passage: an ethnographic study of social, sexual, and economic questions in the north-western Solomon Islands
Clarendon Press • Oxford • Published In 1935 • Pages:
By: Blackwood, Beatrice.
Abstract
This is a comprehensive ethnographic study of the Kurtatchi community on the northeastern coast of Bougainville, and of the peoples of the Buka Passage in general. Because the original research design focused on issues of sex, there is notable detail regarding marriage and sex, pregnancy and childbirth, childhood and adolescent activities, and puberty rites. There are also descriptions of the physical environment, village and kinship organization, economic pursuits, arts and crafts, food, medicine, religious beliefs and practices. There is even a collection of dreams, with classification and discussion. Appendices include lists of kinship terms, and of useful plants.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2015
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert Lee ; 1958
- Field Date
- 1929-1930
- Coverage Date
- 1929-1930
- Coverage Place
- North Bougainville District, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- Beatrice Blackwood
- The author's information on 'clan' organization has been marked for category 614, 'sibs.'
- Includes bibliographic references (p.600-602)
- LCCN
- 37004762
- LCSH
- Ethnology--Solomon Islands
- Primitive societies
- Endogamy and exogamy
- Sex
- Kinship
- Folklore--Solomon Islands