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Grandchildren of the Ga'é Ancestors
Andrea Katalin Molnar
其他書名
Social Organization and Cosmology Among the Hoga Sara of Flores
出版KITLV, 2000
主題Social Science / Anthropology / General
ISBN90671814719789067181471
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=t41uAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Grandchildren of the Gaíe Ancestors focuses on the social organization, cosmology and ritual system of Hoga Sara society on the island of Flores. The first anthropological account of this eastern Indonesian people, this study challenges the classical models of descent and alliance by demonstrating the limitations of these analytical abstractions for understanding the social system of the Hoga Sara. The intricacies of social organization and the formation of social identities of groups and individuals are disentangled by utilizing the concepts of 'house society', 'origin structures' and 'orders of precedence'. Aspects focused on include the pivotal role of the first-born, historical development of the society, sacrificial practices, and the instrumental role of the ritual system in the continuing exchanges among people and with their ancestors.