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The nature of nurturearticle 1977 • Marshall, Mac
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
In this article, Marshall examines Chuuk friendship and artificial kinship ties. Among the Chuuk, sibling ties are the most important kinship relationship, although they can be frought with te...Weekend warriorsBook 1979 • Marshall, Mac
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
Based on field work and archival research, this study examines the resaons for the prevalence of drinking and fighting among young Chuuk men. Drinking often leads to displays of bravado and pi...Sibling sets as building blocks in greater Trukese societyessay 1981 • Marshall, Mac
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
In this article, Marshall examines the importance of siblingship in Chuuk society. Sibling sets include natural, lineage and fictive siblings, and also spouse-in-laws. Sibling relations are de...'Problem deflation' and the ethnographic recordarticle 1990 • Marshall, Mac
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
This article is largely a re-evaluation of the author's earlier work on Chuuk drinking behavior (see document no. 33) in light of criticism leveled at ethnologists for treating drunken behavio...Silent voices speakBook 1990 • Marshall, Mac & Marshall, Leslie B.
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
This is a focused study of the women's termperance movement on Moen Island, Chuuk Islands, between 1976 and 1985. Mac Marshall has written extensively on Chuuk drinking behavior (see document ...Education of women and family size in two Micronesian communitiesarticle 1982 • Marshall, Leslie B. & Marshall, Mac
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
This is an investigation of the affect of women's education and employment on fertility rates and family size among the Chuuk. The Marshalls examined two communities, one rural and the other s...Infant feeding practices in a Trukese villageessay 1984 • Marshall, Leslie B. & Marshall, Mac
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
In this study, the Marshalls examine the reasons for the increase in bottlefeeding and its impact on the health of Chuuk infants. They interviewed 83 mothers and obtained information on 375 in...