Oral Traditions of Anuta : A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oral Traditions of Anuta : A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands write by Richard Feinberg Professor of Anthropology Kent State University. This book was released on 1998-04-28. Oral Traditions of Anuta : A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Anuta is a small Polynesian community in the eastern Solomon Islands that has had minimal contact with outside cultural forces. Even at the end of the twentieth century, it remains one of the most traditional and isolated islands in the insular Pacific. In Oral Traditions of Anuta, Richard Feinberg offers a telling collection of Anutan historical narratives, including indigenous texts and English translations. This rich, thorough assemblage is the result of a collaborative project between Feinberg and a large cross-section of the Anutan community that developed over a period of twenty-five years. The volume's emphasis is ethnographic, consisting of a number of texts as related by the island's most respected experts in matters of traditional history. Feinberg's annotations, which arm the reader with essential ethnographic and historical contexts, clarify important linguistic and cultural issues that arise from the stories. The texts themselves have important implications for the relationship of oral tradition to history and symbolic structures, and afford new evidence pertinent to Polynesian language sub-grouping. Further, they provide insight into a number of Anutan customs and preoccupations, while also suggesting certain widespread Polynesian practices dating back to the pre-contact and early contact periods.
Polynesian Oral Traditions
Polynesian Oral Traditions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Polynesian Oral Traditions write by Richard Feinberg. This book was released on 2018. Polynesian Oral Traditions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Anuta, a small Polynesian community in the eastern Solomon Islands, has had minimal contact with outside cultural forces. Even at the start of the 21st century, it remains one of the most traditional and isolated islands in the insular Pacific. In Polynesian Oral Traditions, Richard Feinberg offers a window into this fascinating and relatively unfamiliar culture through a collection of Anutan historical narratives, including indigenous texts and English translations. This rich, thorough assemblage is the result of a 25-year collaboration between Feinberg and a large cross section of the Anutan community. The volume's emphasis is ethnographic, consisting of a number of texts as related by the island's most respected experts in matters of traditional history. The texts themselves have important implications for the relationship of oral tradition to history and symbolic structures, affording new evidence pertinent to Polynesian language subgrouping. Further, they provide insight into a number of Anutan customs and preoccupations, while also suggesting certain widespread Polynesian practices dating back to the precontact and early contact periods. Feinberg's annotations, an essential aspect of this volume, arm the reader with essential ethnographic and historical contexts, clarifying important linguistic and cultural issues that arise from the stories.
Oral History of a Polynesian Outlier
Oral History of a Polynesian Outlier - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oral History of a Polynesian Outlier write by Richard Feinberg. This book was released on 1993. Oral History of a Polynesian Outlier available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Oral Traditions of Southeast Asia and Oceania
Oral Traditions of Southeast Asia and Oceania - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oral Traditions of Southeast Asia and Oceania write by Herman C. Kemp. This book was released on 2004. Oral Traditions of Southeast Asia and Oceania available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Change and Continuity in the Pacific
Change and Continuity in the Pacific - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Change and Continuity in the Pacific write by John Connell. This book was released on 2018-04-09. Change and Continuity in the Pacific available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thousands of studies have been conducted by social scientists in the villages and islands, and increasingly in the towns, of the Pacific. Despite this, there are few longitudinal studies of any great depth and sophistication in the region. The contributors to this book have all conducted long-term research in the islands of the Pacific. During their visits and revisits they have witnessed first-hand the many changes that have occurred in their fieldsites as well as observing elements of continuity. They bring to their accounts a sense of their surprise at some of the unexpected elements of stability and of transformation. The authors take a range of disciplinary approaches, particularly geography and anthropology, and their contributions reflect their deep knowledge of Pacific places, some first visited more than 40 years ago. Many of the chapters focus on aspects of socio-economic change and continuity, while others focus on specific issues such as the impact of both internal and international migration, political and cultural change, technological innovation and the experiences of children and youth. By focusing on both change and continuity this collection of 11 case studies shows the complex relationships between Pacific societies and processes of ‘modernity’ and globalisation. By using a long-term lens on particular places, the authors are able to draw out the subtleties of change and its impacts, while also paying attention to what, in the contemporary Pacific, has been left remarkably unchanged. Filling a gap in the studies of the Pacific region, this book will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience in the fields of anthropology, development, geography, and Asia-Pacific studies.
