Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-264) and index.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1/ The Kaulong and ""Others"": An Interpretive History; 2/ The Management of Knowledge; 3/ In Forest and Garden; 4/ Saying It with Shells; 5/ Pomidan and Polamit: The Kaulong Elite; 6/ We Are All Brothers and Sisters; 7/ The Reproduction of Siblings; 8/ Singing in the Forest; 9/ ""Listen, There Is No Fire"": Songs of Ghosts; 10/ Of Pigs and Humans: Where Forest and Clearing Meet; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y