Mortuary Feasting on New Ireland: The Activation of Matriliny Among the Sursurunga

by Alexander H. Bolyanatz

Contrary to conventional anthropological understanding, descent groups need not always be wealth- or office-transmitting groups, but can be principally feast-sponsoring groups. Sursurunga matrilineages are activated by individual's combined participation in feasting events, but individual's reasons for participating in feasts vary and often have little to do with matrilineal group membership.

This study of Sursurunga mortuary feasting shows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897897218
• ISBN13: 9780897897211
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.8"