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Society and Exchange in Nias, Based on two years of field research, this book is about kinship and ceremonial gift-exchange in Nias, an island in Indonesia. It includes a detailed account of feasts of merit at which chiefs give away vast sums of wealth to win prestige and fame. With, Society and Exchange in Nias
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  • Society and Exchange in Nias
  • Written by author Andrew Beatty
  • Published by Clarendon Press, 1992/04/16
  • Based on two years of field research, this book is about kinship and ceremonial gift-exchange in Nias, an island in Indonesia. It includes a detailed account of "feasts of merit" at which chiefs give away vast sums of wealth to win prestige and fame. With
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List of Plates
List of Figures
List of Tables
Relationship Notation
Map 1. Nias
Map 2. Susua valley
Introduction 1
Pt. I The Social Matrix
1 The Village 11
2 Descent and Local Groups 29
3 Asymmetric Alliance 55
4 Relationship Terminology 81
5 The Context of Marriage Alliance 98
6 Marriage and Bridewealth 116
7 Other Types of Union 161
Pt. II The Politics of Exchange
8 Measurement and the Regulation of Exchange 183
9 Ovasa: Feasts of Merit 215
I The Organization of an Ovasa 216
II The Ovasa 231
10 Status and Leadership 265
Conclusion 295
Appendix 1. Descent Groups in Sifalago 298
Appendix 2. Measurement by Hand 301
Appendix 3. Types of Non-Ceremonial Pig Exchange 302
Appendix 4. Exchange Rates 304
Bibliography 306
Glossary 313
Index 315


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