Quadripartite Structures: Categories, Relations and Homologies in Bush Mekeo Culture

Contents......Page 8
Figures, tables, and maps......Page 9
Preface......Page 12
1\rIntroduction: the problem\rand the people......Page 16
2\rBetween village and bush......Page 36
3 Body and cosmos......Page 53
4\rSex, procreation, and menstruation......Page 75
5\rMale and female......Page 88
6\rKin, clan, and connubium......Page 115
7\rFeasts of death (i): de-conception and\rre-conception......Page 165
8\rFeasts of death (ii): the sons of Akaisa......Page 197
9\rTikopia and the Trobriands......Page 215
10\rConclusions: indigenous categories,\rcultural wholes, and historical process......Page 249
Appendix 1\rVillage resources derived from bush\rresources......Page 265
Appendix 2\rIngestion and ingestibles......Page 266
Appendix 3\rCategories of food......Page 269
Appendix 4\rWork and nonwork skills......Page 271
Appendix 5\rCategories of human dirt......Page 272
Appendix 6\rThe myth of Foikale and Oa Lope......Page 273
Appendix 7\rThe afinama myth......Page 280
Notes......Page 286
Bibliography......Page 293
Index......Page 304