Blood Revenge: The Enactment and Management of Conflict in Montenegro and Other Tribal Societies

by Christopher Boehm

"Boehm substantially advances our understanding of the phenomenon of feuding. His book deserves to become a standard reference on that topic."—American Anthropologist

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations and Maps
Preface
Note on the Serbo-Croatian Language
Glossary

1. Introduction
2. Doing Research on European Tribesmen
3. Traditional Montenegro: A Refuge-Area Warrior Adaptation
4. The Meaning of Osveta
5. The Moral Legitimacy of Feuding
6. Trajectory of a Feud
7. The End Game: Management of Conflict
8. The Importance of Decisions
9. Making Further Sense of the Feud
10. Feuding and Ecology: The Question of Costs and Gains
11. Feuding in the Nonliterate World
12. An Ethological Perspective on Feuding
13. A Final Word on the Blood Feud in Montenegro

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction

284 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1984