Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Exploring Affect: Some Preliminary Issues 1
5. 2. The Tolai: Habitat, History, Society 29
6. 3. The Language of the Emotions 53
7. 4. Work, Ambition, and Envy 80
8. 5. Of Kin, Love, and Anger 116
9. 6. Tambu, Grief, and the Meaning of Death 150
10. 7. Affect and the Self 198
11. 8. Epilogue: The Anthropologist as Onion-Peeler 248
12. Notes 281
13. Bibliography 299
14. Index 311