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ABSTRACTMa'pakorongis a Toraja ritual performed in honour of the goddess of pox, Puang Ruru‘. She is invited into the village to be entertained with music, cockfighting, and food offerings before being escorted away with the expressed hope that she will not return for seven years. Ludic and sacrificial elements are inextricably interwoven in the rite, particularly in the cockfight, and I analyse these apparently contradictory elements in relation both to recent theoretical writings, and to the Toraja ritual cycle as a whole, drawing parallels with ritual contests in some other Indonesian societies. Besides dealing with illness, conceived as categorical disorder and excessive ‘heat’, the rite is ultimately concerned with the enhancement of fertility, and emphasises community benefits instead of the intense status competition which predominates at mortuary

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02538.x

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While PNG's raskol gangs attract increasing scholarly interest, much of this has been directed at entry to raskolism. This article specifically addresses exit from raskolism via the mass surrender. The rise and fall of raskolism are linked through the perennial quest for resources and prestige underlying both strategies. The mass surrender provides a spectacular illustration of how crime generates new opportunity structures beyond crime itself. It also illustrates the continuing importance of brokering parties in negotiations between local groups and national authorities.

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02539.x

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ABSTRACTA characteristic of the mortuary complexes of most central Bornean societies is the existence of systems of so‐called ‘death‐names’. Most death‐names are actually titles, given to persons on the death of a close relative. The most elaborate complex in Borneo exists among Western Penan hunter‐gatherers. This paper examines the Western Penan death‐name complex, with a view to addressing a basic issue of ethnographic description: how our definition of a phenomenon affects its translation. Previous treatments of death‐names have been based on assumptions about the systemic coherence of these complexes. This results in a detached, formalistic description that obscures the essential properties of the phenomenon: the affective force expressed in usage, the temporality inscribed in the process of appellation, and the social calculus that underlies decisions about the use of particular death‐names. A more appropriate entry point is one that begins with the context of death and bereavement, and frames decisions about usage with reference to the principles which Penan themselves invoke: the pull between affective position on the one hand, and curse avoidance on the other. Such an approach reveals more about the constitution of social being in Penan society than one based on a priori assumptions of s

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02540.x

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02541.x

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Knowledge and Secrecy in an Aboriginal Religion: Yolngu of North‐East Arnhem Land. ByIan Keen.Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. xvii + 347 pp., maps, figures, tables, glossary, bibliography, index. $84.9

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02542.x

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Confronting the Margaret Mead Legacy: Scholarship, Empire and the South Pacific. Edited byL. FoerstelandA. Gilliam.Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992. Pp xxxv +298. Price $US34.95.

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02543.x

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CAEPR Discussion Papers. Canberra: CAEPRThe economic impact of mining moneys: the Nabarlek case, Western Arnhem Land. 1994 (63). ByJ.C. AltmanandD.E. Smith.Implementing native title: economic lessons from the Northern Territory. 1994(64). ByJ.C. Altman.Assessing the relative allocative efficiency of the Native Title Act 1993 and the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. 1995 (79). ByS.L. McKenna.Mineral development agreements negotiated by Aboriginal communities in the 1990s. 1995 (85). ByC. O'Faircheallaigh.Negotiations between mining companies and Aboriginal Communities: process and structure. 1995 (86). ByC. O'Faircheallaigh.Native Title Act 1993: implementation issues for resource developers. 1995 (88). ByJ.C. Altman.

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02544.x

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CAEPR Research Monographs. Canberra: CAEPRThe Relative Economic Status of Indigenous Australians, 1986–91. 1993 (5). ByJ. Taylor.Regional Change in the Economic Status of Indigenous Australians 1986–91. 1993 (6). ByJ. Taylor.The Housing Needs of Indigenous Australians, 1991. 1994 (8). ByRoger Jones.Mabo and Native Title: Origins and Institutional Implications. 1994 (7). Edited byW. Sand

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02545.x

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Das Ideal des leicht gebeugten Menschen: Eine ethno‐kognitive Analyse der Yupno in Papua New Guinea. ByJ. Wassmann.Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1993. Pp. XIII + 24

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02546.x

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Textual Spaces: Aboriginality and Cultural Studies. ByStephen Muecke.Sydney: New South Wales University Press, 1992. Pp viii + 214. Price A$29.95 paperback

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1995.tb02547.x

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