Wagner, Roy

Asiwinarong: Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland

Princeton University Press, 1986. Hardcover. An unread copy in New condition. A study of Barok social and ritual life that pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba or culminating death feast' of that cycle, is invoked by the word 'asiwinarong,' which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and precedence rest. 238 pp. Index. Used: Like New / Fine. Item #CORV-BBP-06813
ISBN: 0691094217

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