Author: Florence Coombe
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Category : Melanesia
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Islands of Enchantment
Author: Florence Coombe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanesia
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanesia
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Islands of Enchantment, Many-Sided Melanesia
Author: Florence Coombe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331504453
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Excerpt from Islands of Enchantment, Many-Sided Melanesia: Seen Through Many Eyes, and Recorded IF a book of this kind had any claim to invention it would be valueless. No apology, therefore, is offered for the debt which it owes to the information of others. Indeed, the material derived from the writer's personal observation and experience will perhaps be of the smallest interest to the reader. The writer only asks that errors and defects be accredited to her, and all illuminative facts to those who have communicated them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331504453
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Excerpt from Islands of Enchantment, Many-Sided Melanesia: Seen Through Many Eyes, and Recorded IF a book of this kind had any claim to invention it would be valueless. No apology, therefore, is offered for the debt which it owes to the information of others. Indeed, the material derived from the writer's personal observation and experience will perhaps be of the smallest interest to the reader. The writer only asks that errors and defects be accredited to her, and all illuminative facts to those who have communicated them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
ISLANDS OF ENCHANTMENT MANY SI
Author: Florence Coombe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781372061264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781372061264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Islands of Enchantment. Many-sided Melanesia, Seen Through Many Eyes, and Recorded by F. Coombe. Illustrated with 100 Photographs by J.W. Beattie
Author: Florence COOMBE
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Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The Other Side
Author: John Patrick Taylor
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824833023
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Other Side is the first major ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island, a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu’s first prime minister. Exploring Raga social, spatial, and historical consciousness, this richly poetic account provides important theoretical contributions to ongoing debates in Pacific anthropology about the relation between structure and history, and place and time. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies and hegemonies historically, and shows how these are implicated in contemporary social, ritual, and material cultural expressions. These analyses engage with broader concerns relating to colonial and postcolonial identities, political economy, and globalization in island Melanesia. The Other Side combines original and substantial ethnography with sophisticated theoretical reflection that will appeal broadly across the field of anthropology. It will also be of considerable value to scholars of Pacific and Melanesian history, politics, and society. The clear writing and entertaining narrative combine to create a work that is accessible to a wide audience. The volume’s critical and reflective analysis of anthropological research makes it a valuable teaching aid in courses that focus on ethnographic methods and writing. Students in Pacific anthropology will find it especially useful.37
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824833023
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Other Side is the first major ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island, a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu’s first prime minister. Exploring Raga social, spatial, and historical consciousness, this richly poetic account provides important theoretical contributions to ongoing debates in Pacific anthropology about the relation between structure and history, and place and time. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies and hegemonies historically, and shows how these are implicated in contemporary social, ritual, and material cultural expressions. These analyses engage with broader concerns relating to colonial and postcolonial identities, political economy, and globalization in island Melanesia. The Other Side combines original and substantial ethnography with sophisticated theoretical reflection that will appeal broadly across the field of anthropology. It will also be of considerable value to scholars of Pacific and Melanesian history, politics, and society. The clear writing and entertaining narrative combine to create a work that is accessible to a wide audience. The volume’s critical and reflective analysis of anthropological research makes it a valuable teaching aid in courses that focus on ethnographic methods and writing. Students in Pacific anthropology will find it especially useful.37
Population, Reproduction, and Fertility in Melanesia
Author: Stanley J. Ulijaszek
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571816443
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Human biological fertility was considered a important issue to anthropologists and colonial administrators in the first part of the 20th century, as a dramatic decline in population was observed in many regions. However, the total demise of Melanesian populations predicted by some never happened; on the contrary, a rapid population increase took place for the second part of the 20th century. This volume explores relationships between human fertility and reproduction, subsistence systems, the symbolic use of ideas of fertility and reproduction in linking landscape to individuals and populations, in Melanesian societies, past and present. It thus offers an important contribution to our understanding of the implications of social and economic change for reproduction and fertility in the broadest sense.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571816443
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Human biological fertility was considered a important issue to anthropologists and colonial administrators in the first part of the 20th century, as a dramatic decline in population was observed in many regions. However, the total demise of Melanesian populations predicted by some never happened; on the contrary, a rapid population increase took place for the second part of the 20th century. This volume explores relationships between human fertility and reproduction, subsistence systems, the symbolic use of ideas of fertility and reproduction in linking landscape to individuals and populations, in Melanesian societies, past and present. It thus offers an important contribution to our understanding of the implications of social and economic change for reproduction and fertility in the broadest sense.
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
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An Untamed Territory, the Northern Territory of Australia
Author: Elsie R. Masson
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Category : Northern Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Category : Northern Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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The Athenaeum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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The Spectator
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
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