Author: Hanson, F. Allan & Hanson, Louise
Title: Counterpoint in Maori Culture
Description: London/Boston, Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1983). orig.boards. 22x14cm, xi, 232 pp, Series: International Library of Anthropology. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Introduction: On Analyzing Maori Culture; Complements; The Difference that Makes a Difference; Sexual Dualism; The Syntagmatics of Complementarity: Union & Creation; Separation; Termination, Liberation & a New Beginning; The Gods Enter In: Atuas: The Unseen Authority; Tapu; The Contagion of Tapu; Ritual Instillation of Tapu; From Cosmology to Psychology; The Gods Go Away: Noa: Separation & Liberation; Whakanoa: Water; Whakanoa: The Latrine; Whakanoa: Female; Whakanoa: Cooked Food; The Complementary Forms of the Religious Life; Symmetries: Symmetry & Reciprocity: Conflict: Mutual Strife; On Affronting; Dark Intestines; Revenge; Retribution & Rehabilitation; Violence Turned Inward; Vengeance Against Relatives; Reconciliation & Separation: Restitution, Compensation &Just Revenge; Muru; Making Peace; Disputation & Separation; Defeat & Flight; Subjugation: Cannabalism; Slavery; Closing the Circuit; Conclusion:Syntagmatic Forms & History:The Structures of Process.

Keywords: Cultural Anthropology, Maoris, Maori Ethnography, New Zealand, Mythology, Myth, Cross-Cultural, Psychology, Social Theory