{"product_id":"mortuary-feasting-on-new-ireland-alexander-h-bolyanatz-9780897897211","title":"Mortuary Feasting on New Ireland: The Activation of Matriliny Among the Sursurunga","description":"\u003cp\u003eContrary to conventional anthropological understanding, descent groups need not always be wealth- or office-transmitting groups, but can be principally feast-sponsoring groups. Sursurunga matrilineages are activated by individual's combined participation in feasting events, but individual's reasons for participating in feasts vary and often have little to do with matrilineal group membership. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis study of Sursurunga mortuary feasting shows that the analysis of groups-in this case, matrilineal descent groups-is best conducted by attention to the reasons that the individuals who comprise those groups act as they do. The salience of group membership cannot be seen as simply the blueprint for social life, but also as the outcome of social life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander H. Bolyanatz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0897897218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780897897211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.78h x 6.14w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2001 pg. 1664","brand":"Alexander H. Bolyanatz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120432378111,"sku":"9780897897211","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df246ea7-9989-452e-b131-0f5225785ec9.jpg?v=1687414280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mortuary-feasting-on-new-ireland-alexander-h-bolyanatz-9780897897211","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}