History And Tradition In Melanesian Anthropology
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History And Tradition In Melanesian Anthropology
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Author : James G. Carrier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
History And Tradition In Melanesian Anthropology written by James G. Carrier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Ethnology categories.
From Primitive To Postcolonial In Melanesia And Anthropology
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Author : Bruce M. Knauft
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1999
From Primitive To Postcolonial In Melanesia And Anthropology written by Bruce M. Knauft and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Ethnology categories.
A prominent scholar surveys the special place of Melanesia in our understanding of human cultural variation
Culture And History In The Pacific
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Author : Jukka Siikala
language : en
Publisher: Helsinki University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-29
Culture And History In The Pacific written by Jukka Siikala and has been published by Helsinki University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-29 with Social Science categories.
Culture and History in the Pacific is a collection of essays originally published in 1990. The texts explore from different perspectives the question of culture as a repository of historical information. They also address broader questions of anthropological writing at the time, such as the relationship between anthropologists’ representations and local conceptions. This republication aims to make the book accessible to a wider audience, and in the region it discusses, Oceania. A new introductory essay has been included to contextualize the volume in relation to its historical setting, the end of the Cold War era, and to the present study of the Pacific and indigenous scholarship. The authors of Culture and History in the Pacific include prominent anthropologists of the Pacific, some of whom – Roger Keesing and Marilyn Strathern, to name but two – have also been influential in the anthropology of the late 20th and early 21st century in general.
Social Reproduction And History In Melanesia
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Author : Robert John Foster
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-04-27
Social Reproduction And History In Melanesia written by Robert John Foster and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-04-27 with History categories.
In much of Melanesia, the process of social reproduction unfolds as a lengthy sequence of mortuary rites - feast making and gift giving through which the living publicly define their social relations with each other while at the same time commemorating the deceased. In this study Robert J. Foster constructs an ethnographic account of mortuary rites in the Tanga Islands, Papua New Guinea, placing these large-scale feasts and ceremonial exchanges in their historical context and demonstrating how the effects of participation in an expanding cash economy have allowed Tangans to conceive of the rites as 'customary' in opposition to the new and foreign practices of 'business'. His examination synthesizes two divergent trends in Melanesian anthropology by emphasizing both the radical differences between Melanesian and Western forms of sociality and the conjunction of Melanesian and Western societies brought about by colonialism and capitalism.
The Anthropology Of Morality In Melanesia And Beyond
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Author : John Barker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-01
The Anthropology Of Morality In Melanesia And Beyond written by John Barker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Social Science categories.
The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond examines how Melanesians experience and deal with moral dilemmas and challenges. Taking Kenelm Burridge’s seminal work as their starting point, the contributors focus upon public situations and types of people that exemplify key ethical contradictions for members of moral communities. While returning to some classical concerns, such as the roles of big men and sorcerers, the book opens new territory with richly textured ethnographic studies and theoretical reviews that explore the interface between the values associated with indigenous village life and the ethical orientations associated with Christianity, the state, the marketplace, and other facets of ’modernity'. A major contribution to the emerging field of the anthropology of morality, the volume includes some of the most prominent scholars working in the discipline today, including Bruce Knauft, Joel Robbins, F.G. Bailey, Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington.
An Introduction To The Anthropology Of Melanesia
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Author : Paul Sillitoe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-10-08
An Introduction To The Anthropology Of Melanesia written by Paul Sillitoe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-08 with Social Science categories.
This Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia is intended for undergraduate anthropology students with some grounding in the issues and ideas that inform the discipline, and for courses in Pacific Studies. Each chapter focuses on a topic common to many cultures in the region, such as the role of so-called Big Men, ancestors, male initiation, and exchange, and these ideas are fleshed out with apt ethnographic examples. Melanesia is a fascinating culture area, and has always been a popular fieldwork site for anthropologists, including W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson. Some of the most important theoretical contributions to the subject were also first formulated with reference to Melanesian studies, and students today still learn much of their basic anthropology from Melanesian examples.
Culture And History In The Pacific
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Author : Jukka Siikala
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Culture And History In The Pacific written by Jukka Siikala and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Ethnology categories.
Tradition And Christianity
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Author : Ben Burt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-01
Tradition And Christianity written by Ben Burt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-01 with Social Science categories.
Burt studies the effects of the 19th century labour trade, colonial subjugation and the subsequent Christian conversion. He examines the anti-colonial Maasina Rule movement of the 1940s and finally illustrates the subsequent efforts of Kwara'ae leaders to regain their self-determination and to reaffirm the values of "tradition" under Christianity. The Kwara'ae example of colonialism and Christianity is part of the broader experience of Melanesia and of other peoples in the Third World who once lived a tribal life. The detailed local focus, based on a year of fieldwork, provides valuable evidence essential to a wider comparative analysis of colonial history and the continuing development of indigenous Christianity from an anthropological and a historical perspective. Tradition and Christianity explores how and why a Pacific Islands people, fiercely attached to the tradition of their ancestors, have transformed their society by changing their religion.
The Making Of Global And Local Modernities In Melanesia
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Author : Holly Wardlow
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
The Making Of Global And Local Modernities In Melanesia written by Holly Wardlow and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with Social Science categories.
Authored by well-established and respected scholars, this work examines the kinds of efforts that have been made to adopt Western modernity in Melanesia and explores the reasons for their varied outcomes. The contributors take the work of Professor Marshall Sahlins as a starting point, assessing his theories of cultural change and of the relationship between cultural intensification and globalizing forces. They acknowledge the importance of Sahlins' ideas, while refining, extending, modifying and critiquing them in light of their own first hand knowledge of Pacific island societies. Also presenting one of Sahlins' less widely available original essays for reference, this book is an exciting contribution to serious anthropological engagement with Papua New Guinea.
Culture Kastom Tradition
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Author : Lamont Lindstrom
language : en
Publisher: editorips@usp.ac.fj
Release Date : 1994
Culture Kastom Tradition written by Lamont Lindstrom and has been published by editorips@usp.ac.fj this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Melanesia categories.