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Scott, Michael W.,

The severed snake : matrilineages, making place, and a Melanesian Christianity in southeast Solomon Islands / Michael W. Scott. - xxxiii, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - Carolina Academic Press ritual studies monographs . - Carolina Academic Press ritual studies monographs. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-360) and index.

Introduction : Comparative ontology -- The appearance of an Arosi village -- Moving toward heterotopia -- "Where is the Kastom landowner?" : Maasina rule in Arosi -- Cutting the cord : reproduction as cosmogony -- Re-presenting autochthonous histories -- Being and becoming auhenua -- Present primordialities -- The severed snake : scales of origin -- Arosi ethno-theologies.

ISBN: 1594601534 9781594601538

LCCN: 2006005146

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Arosi (Solomon Islands people)--Kinship
Arosi (Solomon Islands people)--Land tenure
Arosi (Solomon Islands people)--Religion
Matrilineal kinship--Solomon Islands--Makira and Ulawa
Land tenure--Solomon Islands--Makira and Ulawa
Christianity and culture--Solomon Islands--Makira and Ulawa

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Makira and Ulawa (Solomon Islands)--Social life and customs
Makira and Ulawa (Solomon Islands)--Religious life and customs

LC Class. No.: DU850 / .S36 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8995