Notes on contributors; Editor's preface; Map; Introduction Marilyn Strathern; 1. Ta'a geni: women's perspectives on Kwaio society Roger M. Keesing; 2. The remarriage of Yebiwali: a study of dominance and false consciousness in a non-Western society Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz; 3. Gender difference and the relations of inequality in Zinacantan Leslie Deveraux; 4. The politics of separation Diane Bell; 5. 'Women are our business': women, exchange and prestige in Kove Ann Chowning; 6. Gender attributes and equality: men's strength and women's talk among the Nagovisi Jill Nash; 7. Complimentary in this world in this world and the next: gender and agency in Kodi mortuary ceremonies Janet Hoskins; 8. Flying witches and leaping warriors: supernatural origins of power and matrilineal authority in Tubetube society Martha Macintyre; 9. The tusk, the flute and the serpent: disguise and revelation in Goodenough mythology Michael W. Young; 10. Diseases of the soul: sickness, agency and the men's cult among the Foi of New Guinea James F. Weiner; Conclusion Marilyn Strathern; bibliography; Index.