Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Rank and Status in Polynesia and Melanesia
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Rank and Status in Polynesia and Melanesia
Author: Douglas l. Oliver
Publisher:
ISBN: 2854300599
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
One of the less fortunate legacies that we who practice ethnography in Oceania have given the scholarly world is the stereotype of the Melanesian leader as "Big Man". The designation "Big Man", derived literally from the metaphor commonly used in Austronesian languages or from the Neo-Melanesian Pidgin lexicon, has come to denote a "pure type" or "species" of leadership, authority and government. (Rightly or wrongly, ethnographic sources usually ignore women's role in government, although they may have significant impact). In countless introductory anthropology courses students are asked to accept and perpetuate the cliches that Melanesian leaders typify achieved rather than ascribed status, that Melanesian leaders are archetypal symbols of primitive capitalistic competition, and that Melanesian leadership represents an inferior form.
Publisher:
ISBN: 2854300599
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
One of the less fortunate legacies that we who practice ethnography in Oceania have given the scholarly world is the stereotype of the Melanesian leader as "Big Man". The designation "Big Man", derived literally from the metaphor commonly used in Austronesian languages or from the Neo-Melanesian Pidgin lexicon, has come to denote a "pure type" or "species" of leadership, authority and government. (Rightly or wrongly, ethnographic sources usually ignore women's role in government, although they may have significant impact). In countless introductory anthropology courses students are asked to accept and perpetuate the cliches that Melanesian leaders typify achieved rather than ascribed status, that Melanesian leaders are archetypal symbols of primitive capitalistic competition, and that Melanesian leadership represents an inferior form.
Across the Great Divide
Author: Bronwen Douglas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134410786
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Across the Great Divide tracks a Pacific historian's fruitful, ambivalent engagements with History and Anthropology, anticipating experiments in each discipline with the other's theories and praxis. The revised and new essays comprising this collection provide systematic critiques of aspects of received scholarly wisdom about Oceania and are linked by reflexive commentaries addressing recent postcolonial concerns. A varied but coherent set of ethnographic and historical narratives about colonial encounters in Island Melanesia is informed by particular critical focus on the paradoxes and politics of knowing indigenous pasts through colonial texts.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134410786
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Across the Great Divide tracks a Pacific historian's fruitful, ambivalent engagements with History and Anthropology, anticipating experiments in each discipline with the other's theories and praxis. The revised and new essays comprising this collection provide systematic critiques of aspects of received scholarly wisdom about Oceania and are linked by reflexive commentaries addressing recent postcolonial concerns. A varied but coherent set of ethnographic and historical narratives about colonial encounters in Island Melanesia is informed by particular critical focus on the paradoxes and politics of knowing indigenous pasts through colonial texts.
Rank and Status in Polynesia and Melanesia
Author:
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Category : Bougainville Island
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bougainville Island
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Pacific Nations and Territories
Author: Reilly Ridgell
Publisher: Bess Press
ISBN: 9781573060011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Provides a background in Pacific geography, culture, and history, plus an overview of the different Pacific island groups.
Publisher: Bess Press
ISBN: 9781573060011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Provides a background in Pacific geography, culture, and history, plus an overview of the different Pacific island groups.
Regional Politics in Oceania
Author: Stephanie Lawson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 100942758X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The most comprehensive study of regional politics in Oceania produced to date. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary sources and providing a systematic account of major issues facing the region, this book will appeal to anyone engaged in any aspect of regional studies in Oceania and beyond.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 100942758X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The most comprehensive study of regional politics in Oceania produced to date. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary sources and providing a systematic account of major issues facing the region, this book will appeal to anyone engaged in any aspect of regional studies in Oceania and beyond.
The Social and Political Systems of Central Polynesia
Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The Social and Political Systems of Central Polynesia
Author: Robert Wood Williamson
Publisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Kingship and the Kings
Author: Jean-Claude Galey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Divine right of kings
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Divine right of kings
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.