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Tables of Contents for The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
4
Acknowledgments
xi
8
List of Illustrations
xix
Introduction
1
16
A Sacred Place
1
3
Ethnographic Comparisons
4
6
Trobriand History, Geography, and Language
10
3
Trobrianders Today
13
4
1 The Trobrianders: Past and Present
17
16
A Tragic Return
17
2
Earlier Times
19
4
Expectation and Disappointment
23
2
A History of Resisting Change
25
2
An Extraordinary Discovery
27
6
2 Death and the Work of Mourning
33
18
Uwelasi's Death
33
3
"Owners" and "Workers"
36
3
The Threat of Sorcery
39
2
"Carrying" the Dead Person
41
2
Keeping the Dead Alive
43
8
3 Fathers and Matrilineality
51
14
Interrupted Sleep
51
2
Birth and Ancestors
53
3
The Other Matrilineage
56
2
A Father's Care
58
3
"Hard Words"
61
4
4 Youth and Sexuality
65
16
Waiting and Watching
65
1
Adolescent Sexuality
66
3
Seduction with Magic
69
2
Choosing One Lover
71
2
Looking for a Spouse
73
4
Eating Yams Together
77
4
5 Marriage and the Politics of Yams
81
16
Yam Gardens
81
3
Yams as Wealth
84
2
The First Exchanges at Marriage
86
2
Yams and Sexuality
88
3
Women and the Politics of Yam Exchanges
91
2
Men and Their Yam Houses
93
4
6 Chiefs and Hierarchy
97
14
A Chief's Visit
97
2
What the Ancestors Brought
99
4
The Differences Yams Make
103
3
Finding Wives
106
2
Power and Fear
108
3
7 Men Working for Women
111
14
Harvest Competitions
111
5
Death and Women's Wealth
116
3
The Need for Bundles
119
6
8 The Regeneration of Matrilineality
125
14
The Women's Mortuary Distribution
125
2
Fathers and Daughters
127
1
The Bundle Distribution
128
4
The End of Lisaladabu
132
2
The Regeneration of Matrilineal Identity
134
5
9 Kula and the Search for Fame
139
20
"Argonauts" on Kula Voyages
139
6
The Basis of Kula: Ceremonial or Utilitarian
145
1
Kula in Historical Perspective
146
2
Working for Kula
148
4
The Circulation of a Kitomu
152
2
The Meaning of Kula
154
5
10 Conclusion
159
10
The Power in Objects
159
4
The Pathos in Objects
163
2
Tradition and Change
165
4
Glossary of Kiriwina Words and Anthropological Terms
169
4
References Cited
173
8
Films about the Trobriand Islands
181
2
Index
183