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Asiwinarong: Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Asiwinarong: Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland
Contributors:
By (Author) Roy Wagner
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
306.089995
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
280
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
567g
Description
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
