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"Where Will You Sleep Tonight?" The Samo Longhouse, A Metaphor Of Spatial And Social Structure, R. Daniel Shaw Dec 2003

"Where Will You Sleep Tonight?" The Samo Longhouse, A Metaphor Of Spatial And Social Structure, R. Daniel Shaw

Pacific Studies

The juxtaposition of physical space and social interaction among the precontact Samo people of Papua New Guinea's east Strickland Plain is analyzed through a rich cultural metaphor reflecting on where people habitually sleep. Where a person sleeps establishes individual status within the collectivity of a household, which is identified as both a dwelling and an interactive group of family-oriented people. A longhouse was typically built on a ridgetop amid gardens, sago-lined swamp, and surrounding forest, together creating an economic environment that, in effect, fed the community. Similarly, social space was created through the reciprocal exchange of female siblings that enabled …


Nicholas Modjeska's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Nicholas Modjeska Sep 1997

Nicholas Modjeska's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Nicholas Modjeska

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Lisette Josephides's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Lisette Josephides Sep 1997

Lisette Josephides's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Lisette Josephides

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Peggy Reeves Sanday's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Peggy Reeves Sanday Sep 1997

Peggy Reeves Sanday's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Peggy Reeves Sanday

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Marta Rohatynskyj Sep 1997

Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Marta Rohatynskyj

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Marilyn Strathern's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Marilyn Strathern Sep 1997

Marilyn Strathern's Review Of Maria Lepowsky's Fruit Of The Motherland: Gender In An Egalitarian Society And Raymond C. Kelly's Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication Of A Hierarchy Of Virtue Among The Etoro, Marilyn Strathern

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Response: Raymond C. Kelly Rethinking Regimes Of Social Inequality, Raymond C. Kelly Sep 1997

Response: Raymond C. Kelly Rethinking Regimes Of Social Inequality, Raymond C. Kelly

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Response: Maria Lepowsky Gender, Egalitarian Societies, And The Writing Of Pacific Anthropology, Maria Lepowsky Sep 1997

Response: Maria Lepowsky Gender, Egalitarian Societies, And The Writing Of Pacific Anthropology, Maria Lepowsky

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Sio Story Of Male, Thomas G. Harding, Stephen A. Clark Dec 1994

The Sio Story Of Male, Thomas G. Harding, Stephen A. Clark

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Namor’S Odyssey: Mythical, Metaphors And History In Siassi, Alice Pomponio Dec 1994

Namor’S Odyssey: Mythical, Metaphors And History In Siassi, Alice Pomponio

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Legend Of Titikolo: An Anêm Genesis, William R. Thurston Dec 1994

The Legend Of Titikolo: An Anêm Genesis, William R. Thurston

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Namor’S Odyssey: Mythical, Metaphors And History In Siassi, Alice Pomponio Dec 1994

Namor’S Odyssey: Mythical, Metaphors And History In Siassi, Alice Pomponio

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain Dec 1994

Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Legacy Of Moro The Snake-Man In Bariai, Naomi M. Mcpherson Dec 1994

The Legacy Of Moro The Snake-Man In Bariai, Naomi M. Mcpherson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain Dec 1994

Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Sio Story Of Male, Thomas G. Harding, Stephen A. Clark Dec 1994

The Sio Story Of Male, Thomas G. Harding, Stephen A. Clark

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Legacy Of Moro The Snake-Man In Bariai, Naomi M. Mcpherson Dec 1994

The Legacy Of Moro The Snake-Man In Bariai, Naomi M. Mcpherson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Legend Of Titikolo: An Anêm Genesis, William R. Thurston Dec 1994

The Legend Of Titikolo: An Anêm Genesis, William R. Thurston

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Book Review Forum On Richard J. Parmentier's The Sacred Remains: Myth, History, And Polity In Belau, Richard J. Parmentier, Mac Marshall, Mary S. Mccutcheon, Deverne Reed Smith Jul 1991

Book Review Forum On Richard J. Parmentier's The Sacred Remains: Myth, History, And Polity In Belau, Richard J. Parmentier, Mac Marshall, Mary S. Mccutcheon, Deverne Reed Smith

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Person, Assertion, And Marriage: On The Nature Of Household Violence In Bun, Nancy Mcdowell Jul 1990

Person, Assertion, And Marriage: On The Nature Of Household Violence In Bun, Nancy Mcdowell

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin's Review Of Barbara Huber-Greub's Kokospalmenmenschen. Boden Und Alltag Und Ihre Bedeutung Im Selbstverständnis Der Abelam Von Kimbangwa (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea), Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin Mar 1990

Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin's Review Of Barbara Huber-Greub's Kokospalmenmenschen. Boden Und Alltag Und Ihre Bedeutung Im Selbstverständnis Der Abelam Von Kimbangwa (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea), Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Leopold Pospisil's Review Of Lisette Josephides's The Production Of Inequality: Gender And Exchange Among The Kewa, Leopold Pospisil Mar 1990

Leopold Pospisil's Review Of Lisette Josephides's The Production Of Inequality: Gender And Exchange Among The Kewa, Leopold Pospisil

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Phyllis S. Herda's Review Of Edwin N. Ferdon's Early Tonga: As The Explorers Saw It, 1616-1810, Phyllis S. Herda Mar 1989

Phyllis S. Herda's Review Of Edwin N. Ferdon's Early Tonga: As The Explorers Saw It, 1616-1810, Phyllis S. Herda

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


H. G. A. Hughes's Review Of Jean-Paul Latouche's Mythistoire Tungaru: Cosmologies Et Généalogies Aux Îles Gilbert, H. G. A. Hughes Sep 1988

H. G. A. Hughes's Review Of Jean-Paul Latouche's Mythistoire Tungaru: Cosmologies Et Généalogies Aux Îles Gilbert, H. G. A. Hughes

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


H. G. A. Hughes's Review Of Jean-Paul Latouche's Mythistoire Tungaru: Cosmologies Et Généalogies Aux Îles Gilbert, H. G. A. Hughes Sep 1988

H. G. A. Hughes's Review Of Jean-Paul Latouche's Mythistoire Tungaru: Cosmologies Et Généalogies Aux Îles Gilbert, H. G. A. Hughes

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


George E. Marcus's Review Of Antony Hooper And Judith Huntsman's Transformations Of Polynesian Culture, George E. Marcus Jul 1988

George E. Marcus's Review Of Antony Hooper And Judith Huntsman's Transformations Of Polynesian Culture, George E. Marcus

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Road To Power Is A Chainsaw: Villages And Innovation In Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson Mar 1988

The Road To Power Is A Chainsaw: Villages And Innovation In Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Malosi: A Psychological Exploration Of Mead's And Freeman's Work And Of Samoan Aggression, Jeannette Marie Mageo Mar 1988

Malosi: A Psychological Exploration Of Mead's And Freeman's Work And Of Samoan Aggression, Jeannette Marie Mageo

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


James G. Flanagan's Review Of Brenda Johnson Clay's Mandak Realities: Person And Power In Central New Ireland, James G. Flanagan Sep 1987

James G. Flanagan's Review Of Brenda Johnson Clay's Mandak Realities: Person And Power In Central New Ireland, James G. Flanagan

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Dialectics Of Power In The Maori Creation Myth, Samuel K. Parker Jul 1987

The Dialectics Of Power In The Maori Creation Myth, Samuel K. Parker

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.