Precedence Social Differentiation in the Austronesian World Precedence Social Differentiation in the Austronesian World edited by MichAel P. ViScher Published by ANU E Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email:
[email protected] This title is also available online at: http://epress.anu.edu.au/precedence_citation.html National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: Precedence : social differentiation in the Austronesian world / editor: Michael P. Vischer. ISBN: 9781921536465 (pbk.) 9781921536472 (pdf) Series: Comparative Austronesian series. Notes: Bibliography. Subjects: Differentiation (Sociology) Social control. Social structure. Precedence. Other Authors/Contributors: Vischer, Michael P. Dewey Number: 303.33 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design by ANU E Press Printed by University Printing Services, ANU This edition © 2009 ANU E Press Table of Contents Acknowledgements xiii 1. Precedence in perspective 1 James J.Fox 2. Origin and Precedence: The construction and distribution of status 13 in the highlands of Bali Thomas A. Reuter 3. Distinguishing Hierarchy and Precedence: Comparing status 51 distinctions in South Asia and the Austronesian world, with special reference to South Sulawesi Greg Acciaioli 4. The Discourse and Practice of Precedence 91 James J. Fox 5. Trunk and Tip in West Timor: Precedence in a botanical idiom 111 Andrew McWilliam 6. Precedence in the Formation of the Domain of Wai Brama and the 133 Rajadom of Sikka E. D. Lewis 7. Precedence, Contestation, and the Deployment of Sacred Authority in a Florenese Village 167 David Butterworth 8.