The severed snake : matrilineages, making place, and a Melanesian Christianity in southeast Solomon Islands / Michael W. Scott.

Author/creator Scott, Michael W.
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxxxiii, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Arosi (Solomon Islands people)--Kinship.
Arosi (Solomon Islands people)--Land tenure.
Arosi (Solomon Islands people)--Religion.
Matrilineal kinship--Solomon Islands. --Makira and Ulawa.
Land tenure--Solomon Islands. --Makira and Ulawa.
Christianity and culture--Solomon Islands. --Makira and Ulawa.
Makira and Ulawa (Solomon Islands)--Social life and customs.
Makira and Ulawa (Solomon Islands)--Religious life and customs.

SeriesCarolina Academic Press ritual studies monographs
Carolina Academic Press ritual studies monographs. ^A510867
Contents Introduction : Comparative ontology -- The appearance of an Arosi village -- Moving toward heterotopia -- "Where is the Kastom landowner?" : Maasina rule in Arosi -- Cutting the cord : reproduction as cosmogony -- Re-presenting autochthonous histories -- Being and becoming auhenua -- Present primordialities -- The severed snake : scales of origin -- Arosi ethno-theologies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-360) and index.
LCCN 2006005146
ISBN1594601534
ISBN9781594601538

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks DU850 .S36 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold