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Mortuary Feasting on New Ireland on Hardback by Alexander H Bolyanatz
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Mortuary Feasting on New Ireland

The Activation of Matriliny Among the Sursurunga
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Offers insight into the ways in which matriliny operates in ritual and other aspects of the life of the Sursurunga of southern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Contrary to conventional anthropological understanding, descent groups need not always be wealth- or office-transmitting groups, but can be principally feast-sponsoring groups. Sursurunga matrilineages are activated by individual's combined participation in feasting events, but individual's reasons for participating in feasts vary and often have little to do with matrilineal group membership. This study of Sursurunga mortuary feasting shows that the analysis of groups-in this case, matrilineal descent groups-is best conducted by attention to the reasons that the individuals who comprise those groups act as they do. The salience of group membership cannot be seen as simply the blueprint for social life, but also as the outcome of social life.

Author Biography:

Alexander H. Bolyanatz is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Wheaton College, Illinois.
Release date NZ
July 30th, 2000
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Interest Age
From 7 to 17 years
Pages
208
Dimensions
152x229x15
ISBN-13
9780897897211
Product ID
7110911

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