The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava and Cultural Instability in Melanesia - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Ron Brunton - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521040051 - September 10, 2007
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The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava and Cultural Instability in Melanesia - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Ron Brunton revives a problem posed by the great anthropologist W. H. R. Rivers in History of Melanesian Society (1914): how to explain the strange geographical distribution of kava, a narcotic drink once widely consumed by south-west Pacific islanders. He suggests that kava's abandonment can best be explained in terms of its association with unstable religious cults.

228 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 10, 2007
ISBN13 9780521040051
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 228
Dimensions 153 × 229 × 14 mm   ·   340 g
Language English  

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