Polynesian Diaries Expedition To French Polynesia 1995
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Polynesian Diaries Expedition To French Polynesia 1995
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Author : Trevor Coote
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Polynesian Diaries Expedition To French Polynesia 1995 written by Trevor Coote and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Oceanic Encounters
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Author : Margaret Jolly
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2009-07-01
Oceanic Encounters written by Margaret Jolly and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with History categories.
This volume, the result of ongoing collaborations between Australian and French anthropologists, historians and linguists, explores encounters between Pacific peoples and foreigners during the longue durée of European exploration, colonisation and settlement from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. It deploys the concept of `encounter¿ rather than the more common idea of `first contact¿ for several reasons. Encounters with Europeans occurred in the context of extensive prior encounters and exchanges between Pacific peoples, manifest in the distribution of languages and objects and in patterns of human settlement and movement. The concept of encounter highlights the mutuality in such meetings of bodies and minds, whereby preconceptions from both sides were brought into confrontation, dialogue, mutual influence and ultimately mutual transformation. It stresses not so much prior visions of `strangers¿ or `others¿ but the contingencies in events of encounter and how senses other than vision were crucial in shaping reciprocal appraisals. But a stress on mutual meanings and interdependent agencies in such cross-cultural encounters should not occlude the tumultuous misunderstandings, political contests and extreme violence which also characterised Indigenous-European interactions over this period.
The South Seas
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Author : Sean Brawley
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-04-21
The South Seas written by Sean Brawley and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-21 with History categories.
The South Seas charts the idea of the South Seas in popular cultural productions of the English-speaking world, from the beginnings of the Western enterprise in the Pacific until the eve of the Pacific War. Building on the notion that the influences on the creation of a text, and the ways in which its audience receives the text, are essential for understanding the historical significance of particular productions, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon explore the ways in which authors’ and producers’ ideas about the South Seas were “haunted” by others who had written on the subject, and how they in turn influenced future generations of knowledge producers. The South Seas is unique in its examination of an array of cultural texts. Along with the foundational literary texts that established and perpetuated the South Seas tradition in written form, the authorsexplore diverse cultural forms such as art, music, theater, film, fairs, platform speakers, surfing culture, and tourism.
Pacific Islands Monthly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Pacific Islands Monthly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Oceania categories.
The Explorers Of The Pacific
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Author : Geoffrey Malcolm Badger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Explorers Of The Pacific written by Geoffrey Malcolm Badger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Explorers categories.
A thoroughly researched historical account of the hazards and adventures explorers faced while sailing the Pacific Ocean.
The Sweet Potato In Oceania
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Author : Chris Ballard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Sweet Potato In Oceania written by Chris Ballard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Gardening categories.
"The goals, stated or implicit, included: a review of the status of knowledge about sweet potato in Oceania, covering advances in agronomic, botanical, archaelogical and ethnographic understanding; a regional overview, integrating advances in both Polynesia and Melanesia; an assessment of the significance of sweet potato in the region, relative to other crops, other introductions or innovations; and the identification of areas for future research. This volume is not intended as a comprehensive statement on the topic - one obvious deficiency in our coverage is the limited discussion of recent genetic work - but it should provide a useful statement of developments since 1974 in our understanding of sweet potato's history in Oceania and serve as a spur to further, more focused research."--P. v.
Asia And Oceania
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Author : G. Raymond Nunn
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1985
Asia And Oceania written by G. Raymond Nunn and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Manifestations Of Mana
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Author : Paul van der Grijp
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2014
Manifestations Of Mana written by Paul van der Grijp and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Religion categories.
This book explores the role of mana in past and present configurations of chiefly power in the Pacific. Chiefs are often seen as transitional figures between traditional (tribal or feudal) and modern forms of leadership, the latter characterized by rationality and the nation-state with its accompanying bureaucracy. Today, the political arena in the Pacific, although occupied by presidents, members of parliament and court justices, is still ruled by chiefs supporting their authority by tradition, including the notion of mana. Mana may be defined as divine inspiration or energy that manifests itself in persons, objects, places and natural phenomena. Polynesian chiefs have mana because of their descent from ancient gods. Other key concepts such as asymmetrical ideology, mythical constructions of social reality, and social drama are elaborated and applied to a wide specter of ethnographic examples. The configuration and reconfiguration of Tongan chieftaincy and kingship in this book are analyzed as an extended case study of the gradual, and sometimes shock-like, integration of a Polynes ian culture into a global structure, a nation-state, partly imposed from the outside (missionarization, colonization) but also generated from within including state formation and the recent quest for democracy. Together with other Polynesian examples, this forms a relevant illustration of both continuity and change in the configuration of mana and chieftaincy in processes of globalization in the Pacific.
Double Ghosts
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Author : David A. Chappell
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date : 1997
Double Ghosts written by David A. Chappell and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Business & Economics categories.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Map: Culture Areas of the Pacific -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. A Second Diaspora -- 2. Shipping Out -- 3. Rites of Passage -- 4. Contested Decks -- 5. Crosscurrents in Oceania -- 6. From Rim to Shining Rim -- 7. In the Belly of the Beast -- 8. Prodigal Ghosts -- 9. Legacies -- 10. Reflections -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
The Pacific Islands
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Author : Moshe Rapaport
language : en
Publisher: Bess Press
Release Date : 1999
The Pacific Islands written by Moshe Rapaport and has been published by Bess Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Forty-five contributors offer information on the physical environment, history, culture, population, economy, and living environment of the Pacific islands.
