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

Abstract

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