CONTENTS
V. Dosu .. il-
Where ill-will and treachery are virtues PR get
ity — Trapping the bridegroom — The humilia ng oR
of the husband -— Fierce exclusiveness of ownership Trt
liance on magic — Ritual of the garden — Disease-char a
and sorcerers — Passion for commerce — Wabuwabu, :
sharp trade practice — Death — Mutual Jeethmloptions
among survivors — Laughter excluded — Prudery — A cu
throat struggle.
VI. Tae NortHwEsT COAST OF AMERICA
A sea-coast civilization — The Kwakiutl of Sansa 2s
land — Typical Dionysians — Cannibal Society — t the
: he Pueblos — The economic contest
opposite pole from : lorification — Sham.
A parody on our own society — Self-glori ro hts of b
ing one’s guests — Potlatch exchanges — Heights of bra.
vado — Investing in a bride — Prerogatives through mar-
riage, murder, and religion — Shamanism — Fear of ridicule
— Death, the paramount affront — The gamut of emotions.
VII. Tue Nature or Sociery
Integration and assimilation — Conflict of inharmonious
elements — Our own complex society — The organism v,
the individual — The cultural v. the biological interpreta-
tion — Applying the lesson of primitive tribes — No fixed
‘types’ — Significance of diffusion and cultural configura-
tion — Social values — Need for self-appraisal.
VIII. THe INDIVIDUAL AND THE Parrery or Currurs
Society and individual not antagonistic but interdependent
Ready adaptation to a pattern — Reactions to frustration
Striking cases of maladjustment — Acceptance of homo-
sexuals — Trance and catalepsy as means to authority —
The place of the ‘misfit’ in society — Possibilities of
tolerance — Extreme representatives of a cultural type:
Puritan divines and successful modern egoists — Social
relativity a doctrine of hope, not despair.
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