附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction. Studies of the Life Cycle in Insular Southeast Asia. A Brief Overview of Toraja History, Culture, and Society. The Interview Situation. The Respondents. Notes on Translations and Style -- Ch. 2. Birth, Infancy, and Early Childhood. Central Events of Birth and Early Childhood. Earliest Memories. Play. Demanding and Defiant Behavior. Household Work and Sibling Care. Running Away -- Ch. 3. Later Childhood and Adolescence. Herding Water Buffalo. The "Theft" of Food. Bitter Aspects of the Herding Experience. Early Adolescence: Sex and Coming of Age. Ma'baruk: Scarification of the Forearm. Ear Piercing among Girls. Ma'tille: Supercision of Boys. Ma'kiri': Tooth Filing. Adolescence and Courtship. Men's Perspectives. Women's Perspectives. School Experiences. Ventures outside the Village -- Ch. 4. Marriage and Parenting. Finding a Spouse. Forming a Household. Rights and Responsibilities in Marriage. The Ideal Spouse. Deviations from the Ideal.
摘要:"This is an enjoyably readable and generally illuminating look at the more intimate side of Toraja life and relationships ... [It is] an innovative approach to ethnography, valuable in its attempt to deal with aspects of life that are often passed over in more conventional ethnographic writing."--Journal of Asian Studies.
