2004
DOI: 10.1163/22134379-90003729
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Public affairs; Institutionalized nonmarital sex in an eastern Indonesian society

Abstract: Institutionalized nonmarital sex in an eastern Indonesian society A recent revival of anthropological interest in kinship has evidently extended even as f ar as such long-standing questions as the universality of 'marriage'. More particularly, Cai Hua (2001) has argued that marriage is encountered in all societies except one: the matrilineal Na or Moso of southern China, who ensure biological and social reproduction by way of impermanent sexual liaisons called 'visits'. Continuing in a universalist vein, Cai (… Show more

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“…Aspects of Nage society have been detailed in several previous publications (Forth 1989; 1993; 1998; 2004). Residing immediately south of the Nage, Keo people in most respects share the culture and social structure of their northern neighbours (Forth 1994; 2001).…”
Section: The Wider Context Of Nage and Keo Mortuary Exchangementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Aspects of Nage society have been detailed in several previous publications (Forth 1989; 1993; 1998; 2004). Residing immediately south of the Nage, Keo people in most respects share the culture and social structure of their northern neighbours (Forth 1994; 2001).…”
Section: The Wider Context Of Nage and Keo Mortuary Exchangementioning
confidence: 99%