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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807120003321

Autore

Feinberg Richard

Titolo

Anuta : Polynesian lifeways for the twenty-first century / / Richard Feinberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-42252-2

9786613422521

1-61277-479-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

306/.099593

Soggetti

Ethnology - Solomon Islands - Anuta Island

Polynesians - Solomon Islands - Anuta Island - Social life and customs

Anuta Island (Solomon Islands) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to Anuta -- The setting -- Kinship in Anutan culture -- Domestic life -- Kindred and marriage -- Descent categories and descent groups : Pare, Api, and Kainanga -- Kanopenua : the overall community -- Three decades of change and an uncertain future.