Ulithi: A Micronesian Design for Living[The design for living carried by the people of Ulithi Atoll becomes sharp and clear in this case study. Dr. Lessa writes in succinct and specific language. He makes no attept to dramatize. The way of life he describes is so esoteric by Western norms that dramatization would be redundant]. |
Contents
Foreword | 1 |
Basic Social Relations | 16 |
Political Organization | 31 |
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adult amulet ancestor worship Angaur atoll attitude baby behavior breast canoe Cantova Carolines chief child client coconut coition Communal fish concern dance DESIGN FOR LIVING distraint district diviner divorce erotic event Falalop father feel female fish magician Gagil genital ghosts gift girl Guam hamath husband Ialulep incantation incest individual involves Iolofath Iongolap islands kind lagoon land leaves Letanganga lineage Litingingi live magic male marriage married matrilineal matters men's council menstrual house metang Mogmog months mother natives navigator night observed older one's ordinarily Palau palm toddy pandanus parents partners performed person play political practice present Pulusuk punishment reef relatives rite ritual sexual relations sister skirt Sky World sleep social society songs sorcery specialists spirit spouse supernatural swamp garden taboos techniques tion trees turmeric typhoon Ulithi Ulithians usually village wife Woleai woman women words Yapese young