Ethnology of Vanuatu
Title | Ethnology of Vanuatu PDF eBook |
Author | Felix Speiser |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 736 |
Release | 1996-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780824818746 |
Originally published in German in 1923, this work records much of Vanuatu's early material culture. It is the result of two years of field work by Swiss anthropologist Felix Speiser between 1910 and 1912. Speiser attempted to collect everything that could still be obtained of the objects constituting Vanuatu's native culture. Ethnology of Vanuatu presents culturally and historically significant photographs and drawings by Speiser assembled during the expedition, along with color photos taken in the Basel Museum, which, taken together, represent the Speiser collection. Through the use of Speiser's collection of cultural photographs and illustrations, it has been possible to revive certain art forms thought to have already vanished.
Ritual, Power, and Gender
Title | Ritual, Power, and Gender PDF eBook |
Author | Michael R. Allen |
Publisher | Manohar Publishers |
Total Pages | 396 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9788173043642 |
This Book, A Collection Of Papers Spanning The Years Between 1972 And 1999 Explores Some Of The Complex Ways In Which Ritual, Power And Gender Intersect With And Influence One Another. In Reading This Book One Not Only Discovers The Different Cultural Worlds Of Vanuatu, Nepal And Ireland, But Also A History Of Anthropological Theory That Ends With A Powerful Vision Of The Relation Between The Individual And Society.
Ethnology of Vanuatu
Title | Ethnology of Vanuatu PDF eBook |
Author | Felix Speiser |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 694 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Enthält: Kurzbiographie Felix Speiser von Christian Kaufmann
Women of the Place
Title | Women of the Place PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Jolly |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 323 |
Release | 2014-06-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134352263 |
Women of the Place is a study of gender relations in the kastom communities of South Pentecost, Vanuatu. It considers kastom in these communities not as an eternal tradition, but rather as a way of life, an identity in relation, and in resistance to the forces of European development. The way in which Christian missions, the labour trade, and the development of Western political institutions had a divergent impact on women and men is explored. The relations between persons and things is highlighted in an examination of the myths and rituals of the life-cycle and of grade-taking. The significance of this ritual is located in the context of colonial history, particularly the impact of pacification on men. Finally, the book considers more generally kastom and gender in the post-colonial state.
The Other Side
Title | The Other Side PDF eBook |
Author | John Patrick Taylor |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 255 |
Release | 2008-07-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0824864905 |
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
Vanuatu
Title | Vanuatu PDF eBook |
Author | Michael R. Allen |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 460 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Cavorting with Cannibals
Title | Cavorting with Cannibals PDF eBook |
Author | Rick Williamson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Adventure and adventurers |
ISBN | 9781589762367 |
A narrative of seven years' travel and exploration among primitive peoples in the remote jungles of the Vanuatu island chain of Melanesia.