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.
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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
Makira and Ulawa (Solomon Islands)--Social life and customs Makira and Ulawa (Solomon Islands)--Religious life and customs