Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Bibliography to Preface -- Kaluli Pronunciation -- Introduction -- 1 Ceremonies and Reciprocity -- The Gisaro Ceremony -- Ceremonies and Reciprocity -- 2 In the Shadow of the Mountain -- The Longhouse Community -- Identification with Locality -- 3 I'm Sorry, Brother, I Don't Eat That -- Food and Social Relationships -- Kinship Terminology and Relationships -- Marriage -- Affinal Exchange of Food -- Food and the Manipulation of Social Relationships -- Food Taboos -- Summary -- 4 Organizing Actions: Those at the House and Those Who Came -- Formation of Cooperative Groups -- Formation of Groups in Opposition -- Opposition in Conflict: The Scenario of Retaliation -- Opposition in Friendship: Weddings and Prestations -- 5 The Unseen World and the Opposition Scenario -- Inhabitants of the Invisible -- The Unseen in Everyday Life -- The Medium's View of the Unseen -- The Nature of Opposition -- Oppositions and Social Process -- 6 Assertion and Appeal -- Kaluli Assertiveness -- The Vitality of Men -- Achieving Cooperation -- 7 Anger, Reciprocity, and the Rhythms of Experience -- Anger and a Sense of Proportion -- Reciprocity and the Sense of Time and Events -- 8 The Perception of a Human Condition -- Warmth and Sentimentality -- Exuberance and Violence -- Reactions to Death -- 9 Ceremonial Occasions and Preparations -- 10 The Gisaro -- The Songs -- The Violence -- Denouement -- Aftermath -- 11 Gisaro and the Opposition Scenario -- A Drama of Opposition -- A Sense of Proportion -- Payment of Compensation -- The Significance of Gisaro -- Gisaro and the Unseen -- Appendix I Dances and Ceremonies Performed by Bosavi People -- Appendix II Selected Bibliography of Bosavi since 1968 -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.

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