Book
Sala'ilua, a Samoan mystery
Columbia University Press • New York • Published In 1982 • Pages:
By: Shore, Bradd.
Abstract
This book explores salient features of Samoan culture as reflected in the daily life and interaction of villagers in a locality called Sala'ilua. Beginning with a brief account of events surrounding the murder of a titled village 'Orator' by the son of a senior village 'Chief,' the author explores several ambiguities in the internal logic and organization of Samoan culture and society. These ambiguities are exemplified in the pervasiveness of symmetry and complementarity in social relationships which, according to the author, reproduced deep-seated structural tensions in the status and roles of individuals within families, kinship groups and neighborhoods.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2007
- Field Date
- 1971-1973
- Coverage Date
- 1971-1973
- Coverage Place
- Samoa
- Notes
- Bradd Shore
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-326) and index
- LCCN
- 81024188
- LCSH
- Ethnology--Samoa--Sala'ilua/Sala'ilua (Samoa)--Social life and customs