Oceania : an introduction to the cultures and identities of Pacific Islanders / Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart, Laurence M. Carucci, Lin Poyer, Richard Feinberg, Cluny Macpherson.
Edition:
Second edition.
Publisher:
Carolina Academic PressLLC,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
vii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2002. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The West Central Pacific. Ecology and society. Subsistence ; Prehistory. Western Micronesia ; Eastern Micronesia ; Topics in Micronesian archaeology. Micronesia's complex chiefdoms ; Exchange and inter-island contacts ; Linguistics ; Identity-Carolines and Marianas. The Mariana Islands ; Guam/Guahan / Northern Mariana Islands ; Central Micronesia ; Identity-Marshall Islands. Ritual practice and the projection of local identity Kiribati ; Classic themes in Micronesian identity. Banaba : identity, phosphate, and the global marketplace ; Bikini (and other S/Pacific locations : Enewetak, Rongelap, Utedik, and Kwajalein) ; Econ 101, Pohnpeian style ; Religious change and cultural identity through history. The introduction of Christianity ; Christianity under Colonial rule ; The Japanese era and the Pacific War ; Micronesian independence and indigenous churches ; Religion as resistance ; Christianity and cultural identity ; Reification of culture and the politics of tradition ; Identity in diaspora. Marshall Islanders on the move ; Images of the future. Atoll life in the era of climate change / Laurence M. Carucci and Lin Poyer. Mobile phone usage in the Pacific Islands -- The South-West Pacific. Fiji. Chiefship and political change in Fiji ; Medicine and morality in Fiji ; New Caledonia. New Caledonia : chiefship and historical change ; Vanuatu. Status acquisition in Vanuatu : art and power ; The Solomon Islands. Land and sea : historical changes in Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia ; Exchange and social change on Choiseul Island ; Christianity in the Solomon Islands (Kwara'ae) ; New Guinea. The Asmat of Iran Jaya : art and its changing meanings ; Sung ballads from the Hagen and Duna Areas of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea ; The use of natural resources in Papua New Guinea ; Agriculture and change in the New Guinea Highlands ; Warfare, exchange, and gender relations in New Guinea ; Ancestors and Christianity in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea ; "Cargo cults" and millenarian movements as objects of study ; Myth and change (Duna, Papua New Guinea) ; Medicine and change in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea ; An overview of political problems : the legacies of Colonial and Post-Colonial practices in the South-West Pacific / Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart -- The Eastern Pacific. Prehistory ; Polynesian seafaring ; Subsistence and expressive arts ; Central themes in Polynesian culture ; European contact ; Contemporary issues. The Maori of Aotearoa. European contact ; The twentieth century ; Samoa. Prehistory ; European contact ; Post-independence ; Looking toward the future ; Anuta. Economic and religious conflict ; Rapprochement and continuing stress / Richard Feinberg and Cluny Macpherson -- The West Central Pacific. Ecology and society. Subsistence ; Prehistory. Western Micronesia ; Eastern Micronesia ; Topics in Micronesian archaeology. Micronesia's complex chiefdoms ; Exchange and inter-island contacts ; Linguistics ; Identity-Carolines and Marianas. The Mariana Islands ; Guam/Guahan / Northern Mariana Islands ; Central Micronesia ; Identity-Marshall Islands. Ritual practice and the projection of local identity Kiribati ; Classic themes in Micronesian identity. Banaba : identity, phosphate, and the global marketplace ; Bikini (and other S/Pacific locations : Enewetak, Rongelap, Utedik, and Kwajalein) ; Econ 101, Pohnpeian style ; Religious change and cultural identity through history. The introduction of Christianity ; Christianity under Colonial rule ; The Japanese era and the Pacific War ; Micronesian independence and indigenous churches ; Religion as resistance ; Christianity and cultural identity ; Reification of culture and the politics of tradition ; Identity in diaspora. Marshall Islanders on the move ; Images of the future. Atoll life in the era of climate change / Laurence M. Carucci and Lin Poyer.
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