The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava and Cultural Instability in Melanesia

ISBN: 9780521040051 出版年：1990 页码：230 Ron Brunton Cambridge University Press

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.