TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS xi
5. ILLUSTRATIONS xxi
6. CHAPTER I Methods of Presentation 1
7. CHAPTER II The Naven Ceremonies 6
8. CHAPTER III The Concepts of Structure and Function 23
9. CHAPTER IV Cultural Premises relevant to the Wau-laua Relationship 35
10. CHAPTER V Sorcery and Vengeance 54
11. CHAPTER VI Structural Analysis of the Wau-laua Relationship 74
12. CHAPTER VII The Sociology of Naven 86
13. CHAPTER VIII Problems and Methods of Approach 108
14. CHAPTER IX The Ethos of Iatmul Culture: the Men 123
15. CHAPTER X The Ethos of Iatmul Culture: the Women 142
16. CHAPTER XI Attitudes towards Death 152
17. CHAPTER XII The Preferred Types 160
18. CHAPTER XIII Ethological Contrast, Competition and Schismogenesis 171
19. CHAPTER XIV The Expression of Ethos in Naven 198
20. CHAPTER XV The Eidos of Iatmul Culture 218
21. CHAPTER XVI Epilogue 1936 257
22. CHAPTER XVII Epilogue 1958 280
23. INDEX GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL AND NATIVE WORDS 307
24. Plates 313