Life In The Marshall Islands
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Life In The Republic Of The Marshall Islands
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Author : Anono Lieom Loeak
language : en
Publisher: [email protected]
Release Date : 2004
Life In The Republic Of The Marshall Islands written by Anono Lieom Loeak and has been published by [email protected] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Marshall Islands categories.
"A joint publication with the USP Centre in Majuro, this book recounts peopleOs experiences and reflections on life in their country. Among the accounts are chapters dealing with specific legends and traditions, memories of growing up in the Marshals, and more contemporary issues such as off-island adoption and the ongoing struggle of Rongelap survivors."--Publisher's description.
Life In The Marshall Islands
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Author : Edwin Horace Bryan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Life In The Marshall Islands written by Edwin Horace Bryan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Marshall Islands categories.
Life In The Marshall Islands
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Author : Kaerin Dribo
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-03-14
Life In The Marshall Islands written by Kaerin Dribo and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-14 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
This book is about how traditional life in the Marshall Islands has changed through time. It is part of The Unbound Bookmaker Project, a series of books written and illustrated by children in the Marshall Islands. To view other books produced through The Unbound Bookmaker Project, please see our webpage: www.unboundbookmaker.com/the-unbound-bookmaker-project.html.
Coral And Concrete
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Author : Greg Dvorak
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2018-11-30
Coral And Concrete written by Greg Dvorak and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-30 with History categories.
Coral and Concrete, Greg Dvorak’s cross-cultural history of Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, explores intersections of environment, identity, empire, and memory in the largest inhabited coral atoll on earth. Approaching the multiple “atollscapes” of Kwajalein’s past and present as Marshallese ancestral land, Japanese colonial outpost, Pacific War battlefield, American weapons-testing base, and an enduring home for many, Dvorak delves into personal narratives and collective mythologies from contradictory vantage points. He navigates the tensions between “little stories” of ordinary human actors and “big stories” of global politics—drawing upon the “little” metaphor of the coral organisms that colonize and build atolls, and the “big” metaphor of the all-encompassing concrete that buries and co-opts the past. Building upon the growing body of literature about militarism and decolonization in Oceania, this book advocates a layered, nuanced approach that emphasizes the multiplicity and contradictions of Pacific Islands histories as an antidote to American hegemony and globalization within and beyond the region. It also brings Japanese, Korean, Okinawan, and American perspectives into conversation with Micronesians’ recollections of colonialism and war. This transnational history—built upon a combination of reflective personal narrative, ethnography, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies—thus resituates Kwajalein Atoll as a pivotal site where Islanders have not only thrived for thousands of years, but also mediated between East and West, shaping crucial world events. Based on multi-sited ethnographic and archival research, as well as Dvorak’s own experiences growing up between Kwajalein, the United States, and Japan, Coral and Concrete integrates narrative and imagery with semiotic analysis of photographs, maps, films, and music, traversing colonial tropical fantasies, tales of victory and defeat, missile testing, fisheries, war-bereavement rituals, and landowner resistance movements, from the twentieth century through the present day. Representing history as a perennial struggle between coral and concrete, the book offers an Oceanian paradigm for decolonization, resistance, solidarity, and optimism that should appeal to all readers far beyond the Marshall Islands.
Life As A Peace Corps Volunteer In The Republic Of The Marshall Islands
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Author : Carol Coleman
language : en
Publisher: Dev Through Self Reliance
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Life As A Peace Corps Volunteer In The Republic Of The Marshall Islands written by Carol Coleman and has been published by Dev Through Self Reliance this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Marshall Islands categories.
Marshall Islands Legends And Stories
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Author : Daniel A. Kelin
language : en
Publisher: Bess Press
Release Date : 2003
Marshall Islands Legends And Stories written by Daniel A. Kelin and has been published by Bess Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Preserving the qualities of oral storytelling - in fifty stories recorded from eighteen storytellers on eight islands and atolls - the tales in this collection relay the importance of traditional Marshallese values and customs. The collection includes profiles of the storytellers, a glossary, and a pronunciation guide.
Talking Like Children
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Author : Elise Berman
language : en
Publisher: Oxf Studies in Anthropology of
Release Date : 2019
Talking Like Children written by Elise Berman and has been published by Oxf Studies in Anthropology of this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Talking Like Children is a series of captivating stories that show how age comes to be. Elise Berman analyzes adoption negotiations, efforts to keep food, and debates about supposed child abuse. In these situations, age differences emerge through the decisions people make, the emotions they feel, and the power they gain.
Surviving Paradise
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Author : Peter Rudiak-Gould
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 2009
Surviving Paradise written by Peter Rudiak-Gould and has been published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Just one month after his 21st birthday, Peter Rudiak-Gould moved to Ujae, a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands located 70 miles from the nearest telephone, car, store, or tourist, and 2,000 miles from the closest continent. He spent the next year there, living among its 450 inhabitants and teaching English to its schoolchildren. At first blush, Surviving Paradise is a thoughtful and laugh-out-loud hilarious documentation of Rudiak-Gould’s efforts to cope with daily life on Ujae as his idealistic expectations of a tropical paradise confront harsh reality. But Rudiak-Gould goes beyond the personal, interweaving his own story with fascinating political, linguistic, and ecological digressions about the Marshall Islands. Most poignant are his observations of the noticeable effect of global warming on these tiny, low-lying islands and the threat rising water levels pose to their already precarious existence. An Eat, Pray, Love as written by Paul Theroux, Surviving Paradise is a disarmingly lighthearted narrative with a substantive emotional undercurrent.
Life And Legends Of Micronesia
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Author : Margaret Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Better English Language Teaching
Release Date : 1980
Life And Legends Of Micronesia written by Margaret Johnson and has been published by Better English Language Teaching this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Folklore categories.
Domination And Resistance
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Author : Martha Smith-Norris
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2016-01-31
Domination And Resistance written by Martha Smith-Norris and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-31 with History categories.
Domination and Resistance illuminates the twin themes of superpower domination and indigenous resistance in the central Pacific during the Cold War, with a compelling historical examination of the relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. For decision makers in Washington, the Marshall Islands represented a strategic prize seized from Japan near the end of World War II. In the postwar period, under the auspices of a United Nations Trusteeship Agreement, the United States reinforced its control of the Marshall Islands and kept the Soviet Union and other Cold War rivals out of this Pacific region. The United States also used the opportunity to test a vast array of powerful nuclear bombs and missiles in the Marshalls, even as it conducted research on the effects of human exposure to radioactive fallout. Although these military tests and human experiments reinforced the US strategy of deterrence, they also led to the displacement of several atoll communities, serious health implications for the Marshallese, and widespread ecological degradation. Confronted with these troubling conditions, the Marshall Islanders utilized a variety of political and legal tactics—petitions, lawsuits, demonstrations, and negotiations—to draw American and global attention to their plight. In response to these indigenous acts of resistance, the United States strengthened its strategic interests in the Marshalls but made some concessions to the islanders. Under the Compact of Free Association (COFA) and related agreements, the Americans tightened control over the Kwajalein Missile Range while granting the Marshallese greater political autonomy, additional financial assistance, and a mechanism to settle nuclear claims. Martha Smith-Norris argues that despite COFA's implementation in 1986 and Washington's pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region in the post–Cold War era, the United States has yet to provide adequate compensation to the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the extensive health and environmental damages caused by the US testing programs.