Introduction. Kinship in the Pacific as Knowledge that Counts

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Introduction. Kinship in the Pacific as Knowledge that Counts 1
5. 1 The Mutual Implication of Kinship and Chiefship in Fiji 15
6. 2 Pigs for Money Kinship and the Monetization of Exchange among the Truku 36
7. 3 Fijian Kinship Exchange and Migration 60
8. 4 Gendered Sides and Ritual Moieties Tokelau Kinship as Social Practice 87
9. 5 Tongan Kinship Terminology and Social Stratification 107
10. 6 ‘I Suffered When My Sister Gave Birth’ Transformations of the Brother–Sister Bond among the Ankave-Anga of Papua New Guinea 128
11. 7 The Vasu Position and the Sister’s Mana The Case of Lau, Fiji 143
12. 8 ‘Sister or Wife, You’ve Got to Choose’ A Solution to the Puzzle of Village Exogamy in Samoa 166
13. 9 The Sister’s Return The Brother–Sister Relationship, the Tongan Fahu and the Unfolding of Kinship in Polynesia 186
14. 10 How Would We Have Got Here if Our Paternal Grandmother Had Not Existed? Relations of Locality, Blood, Life and Name in Nasau, Fiji 207
15. 11 How Ritual Articulates Kinship 242
16. Notes on Contributors 257
17. Index 261