Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations and tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: W.H.R. Rivers and kava
- 2 The traditional distribution of kava drinking
- 3 Reconsidering Rivers' argument: the evidence
- 4 Reconsidering Rivers' argument: assessment and implications
- 5 Kava on Tanna: traditional ritual and contemporary modifications
- 6 Kava on Tanna: the development of secular patterns of consumption
- 7 The problems of Tannese society
- 8 Conclusion
- List of references
- Glossary of Tannese words
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations and tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: W.H.R. Rivers and kava
- 2 The traditional distribution of kava drinking
- 3 Reconsidering Rivers' argument: the evidence
- 4 Reconsidering Rivers' argument: assessment and implications
- 5 Kava on Tanna: traditional ritual and contemporary modifications
- 6 Kava on Tanna: the development of secular patterns of consumption
- 7 The problems of Tannese society
- 8 Conclusion
- List of references
- Glossary of Tannese words
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology
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- The Abandoned NarcoticKava and Cultural Instability in Melanesia, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990