Book

Social organization of Manua

The Museum (76) • Published In 1930 • Pages: ii, 218

By: Mead, Margaret.

Abstract
This document is primarily an account of the socio-political organization of Manua, including detailed descriptions of the kinship system and rank and chieftainship. Materials on economic organization and religion are more briefly presented. Emphasis is placed upon the role of chiefs in the community and the district. Manuan traits are frequently compared with equivalent traits of Tutuila, Western Samoa, other Polynesian cultures, and Melanesia. The author did a limited amount of field work in Tutuila, but most of her time was spent in the Manuan group of islands. Of her seven months in Manua, Mead spent six in three villages on the island of Tau. In addition to her own first hand observations, Mead makes extensive use of the literature on Samoa and Oceania as a whole.
Subjects
Kin relationships
Community structure
Status, role, and prestige
Community heads
Ethnosociology
Territorial hierarchy
Community councils
Diet
Visiting and hospitality
Extended families
Social relationships and groups
Family relationships
Informal in-group justice
Real property
Settlement patterns
Etiquette
Ethnopsychology
Social personality
Premarital sex relations
culture
Samoans
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Polynesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
William W. Stein ; 1956
Field Date
1926-1927
Coverage Date
1920-1930
Coverage Place
Samoa
Notes
Margaret Mead
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218)
LCCN
31023793
LCSH
Tubuai (French Polynesia)/Samoa