INDEX

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. ILLUSTRATIONS IX
4. PREFACE XI
5. FOREWORD XV
6. ONE Theoretical Perspective 1
7. TWO Chuuk and Its People 17
8. THREE Traditional Chuukese Society 29
9. FOUR Family and Kin Relations 47
10. FIVE Personhood 63
11. SIX Problems of Self in Traditional Chuukese Society 76
12. SEVEN Spirit World and Human World 83
13. EIGHT The Gods of 'Under Brow* 91
14. NINE Other Gods and Spirits 106
15. TEN Origins 123
16. ELEVEN Souls and Spirits of the Dead 133
17. TWELVE Spirit Mediums and 'Effecting Spirits' 156
18. THIRTEEN Divination: Rituals of Responsibility 179
19. FOURTEEN Bringing Breadfruit and Fish: Rituals of Sustenance 192
20. FIFTEEN Rituals of Health 210
21. SIXTEEN Rituals of Crafts and Other Specialties 228
22. SEVENTEEN Rituals of Courtship 247
23. EIGHTEEN Saying Things with Food 261
24. NINETEEN Rituals of Aggression: Sorcery 267
25. TWENTY Rituals of War 273
26. TWENTY-ONE I tang and the Rites of Political Power 290
27. TWENTY-TWO Morality Tales 321
28. TWENTY-THREE Overview 329
29. APPENDIX A Guide to the Chuukese Language 339
30. APPENDIX B Illnesses Caused by Demons and Malevolent Spirits 341
31. APPENDIX C Illnesses Caused by Activating Spirits in Sorcery 344
32. APPENDIX D Illnesses Associated with the Breaking of Specialist's Taboos 347
33. APPENDIX E List of Roong and Associated Taboo Foods 348
34. APPENDIX F Moves in the Martial Art of Pwáán 350
35. APPENDIX G An Itang War Chant 354
36. APPENDIX H History of the 'Whale' 357
37. APPENDIX I Names of Gods and Spirits and Names of Places in the Spirit World 361
38. APPENDIX J Glossary of Chuukese Terms 366
39. APPENDIX K People of Chuuk Cited as Sources of Information 377
40. REFERENCES CITED 381
41. INDEX 393