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To please oneselfBook 1978 • Dector Korn, Shulamit Rose
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
'This study attempts to make intelligible the variability of local organization in Tonga' (p. 1). Dector Korn maintains that this variability is due to the lack of overarching organization at the local level. This absence allows people a wide range o...Household composition in the Tongan Islandsarticle 1975 • Dector Korn, Shulamit Rose
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
Dector Korn argues that 'Tongan household structure is most clearly understood within a decision-making framework as the outcome of different ways of satisfying the material and social demands on the individuals and family groups who make up the hous...Tongan kin groupsarticle 1974 • Dector Korn, Shulamit Rose
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This article includes not only a discussion of various kin groups among the Tongans, but also a critique of other works on Tongan social organization. The kin groups discussed are the HA'A, 'API, KāINGA, and FAMILI. The differences and similarities i...