Tungaru Traditions: Writings on the Atoll Culture of the Gilbert IslandsGrimble's ethnographic studies of the Gilbertese, prepared between 1916 and 1926, provide an excellent baseline account of a fundamentally pre-contact culture. This collection, edited and introduced by H.E. Maude, comprises essays on mythology, history, and dancing; four chapters on the Maneaba; and field notes classified under 22 subject headings. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Adoption | xxxi |
Agricultural Rituals | 3 |
Ancestor Cult | 16 |
Ancestral Lands | 24 |
Animals | 27 |
Archaeology | 27 |
Birth | 27 |
Body Care and Adornment | 27 |
Social and Political Organization | 109 |
Sorcery | 127 |
Tinaba and Eiriki | 135 |
The Maneaba | 153 |
The Function of the Maneaba in Gilbertese Society | 155 |
Precedence and Privileges of the Clans in the Maneaba | 177 |
Traditional Origins of the Maneaba | 189 |
Essays on Mythology History and Dancing | 211 |
Canoes and Navigation | 30 |
Conveyance and Inheritance | 40 |
Death | 47 |
Gods | 62 |
History | 65 |
Magic | 79 |
The Maneaba | 97 |
Medical Practices | 104 |
Names | 110 |
Relationships | 114 |
The Historical Content of Gilbertese Mythology | 213 |
A Genealogical Approach to Gilbertese History | 226 |
A History of Abemama | 253 |
A Discourse on Gilbertese Dancing | 272 |
Abbreviations | 293 |
Notes | 295 |
Glossary | 311 |
Bibliography | 315 |
Index | 335 |
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