Piʻo : an enquiry into the marriage of brothers and sisters and other close relatives in old Hawaiʻi /

Piʻo : an enquiry into the marriage of brothers and sisters and other close relatives in old Hawaiʻi /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Davenport, William H., 1922-2004
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c1994.
Description:	xii, 91 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	University of Pennsylvania publications in anthropology no. 5
Subject:	Consanguinity -- Hawaii -- History. Marriage customs and rites -- Hawaii -- History. Incest -- Hawaii -- History. Kinship -- Hawaii -- History. Consanguinity. Incest. Kinship. Manners and customs. Marriage customs and rites. Hawaii -- Social life and customs Hawaii. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1560152

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ISBN:	081919395X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

I. Hawai'ian Society: 1778-1824
II. Marriage and Other Conjugal Relationships
III. Primogeniture and Aristocratic Rank
IV. Legendary History of the Sacred Taboos
V. Purity of Aristocratic Descent
VI. Sacred Rank and Marriages Between Close Kin
VII. The Lesser Ranks of the Ali'i
VIII. Close Consanguineous Unions and the Incest Taboo
IX. Types and Frequencies of Close Consanguineous Marriages
X. The Close Consanguineous Matings of the Historic Period
XI. Conclusions
Appendix: A Register of Close Consanguineous Unions.