On the Bones of the Serpent
Person, Memory, and Mortality in Sabarl Island Society
248 pages, 16 halftones, 4 maps, 10 line drawings
©
1990
Paper $26.00
ISBN: 9780226038896
Published March 1990
Acknowledgments Introduction I. The Person: Basic Distinctions 1. The Physical Person 2. The Metaphysical Person II. Relational Personhood 3. Giving and Indebtedness 4. Gardens and Sago Groves 5. Support 6. Mobility 7. Fame and Diminishment III. The Person Performed 8. Segaiya 9. On a Concluding Note Appendix Notes References Index
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