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Professor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast" of that cycle, is invoked by the word "asiwinarong," which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and precedence rest Originally published in 1986. The Pr



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations and Tables, pg. ix*Prologue, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xxi*A Note on Barok Phonology, pg. xxiv*One. Bakan Village, pg. 1*Two. The Barok World, pg. 24*Three. Moiety and Relationship: The Core of Kastam, pg. 49*Four. The Clan: Exchange and Alliance, pg. 79*Five. A Tadak, pg. 99*Six. Pidik and Power, pg. 121*Seven. The Icon of Containment, pg. 146*Eight. Asiwinarong: Preemptive Successorship, pg. 176*Nine. Conclusion, pg. 214*Appendix: Reciprocity and the Orong, pg. 223*Glossary, pg. 227*Bibliography, pg. 231*Index, pg. 235

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691610924
      978-0691610924
      ISBN-10 0691610924
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Professor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast" of that cycle, is invoked by the word "asiwinarong," which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and precedence rest Originally published in 1986. The Pr



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations and Tables, pg. ix*Prologue, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xxi*A Note on Barok Phonology, pg. xxiv*One. Bakan Village, pg. 1*Two. The Barok World, pg. 24*Three. Moiety and Relationship: The Core of Kastam, pg. 49*Four. The Clan: Exchange and Alliance, pg. 79*Five. A Tadak, pg. 99*Six. Pidik and Power, pg. 121*Seven. The Icon of Containment, pg. 146*Eight. Asiwinarong: Preemptive Successorship, pg. 176*Nine. Conclusion, pg. 214*Appendix: Reciprocity and the Orong, pg. 223*Glossary, pg. 227*Bibliography, pg. 231*Index, pg. 235

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