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Author : Gerd Koch
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Material Culture of Tuvalu written by Gerd Koch and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1984 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Niko Besnier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113497471X
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Tuvaluan written by Niko Besnier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken by the 9,000 inhabitants of the nine atolls of Tuvalu in the Central Pacific, as well as small and growing Tuvaluan communities in Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. This grammar is the first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, one of the least well-documented languages of Polynesia. Tuvaluan pays particular attention to discourse and sociolinguistics factors at play in the structural organization of the language.
Author : Augustin Krämer
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824816346
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (163 download)
Download or read book The Samoa Islands: Material Culture written by Augustin Krämer and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II includes chapters on anthropology and sociology, medicine, plants and cooking, fishery, men's work, ornamentation and dress, recreation and war, and flora and fauna.
Author : Doug Blandy
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807759198
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Learning Things written by Doug Blandy and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing provided
Author : Gerd Koch
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820203143
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Songs of Tuvalu written by Gerd Koch and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 2000 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Max Quanchi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521422840
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Culture Contact in the Pacific written by Max Quanchi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors have brought together a collection of works from specialists in Pacific History from across Australia and throughout the Pacific. The individual contributions were specifically written to meet the needs of senior history courses in Australia. Max Quanchi and Ron Adams are well-known educationists who have specialised in the pacific. They have extensively travelled and studied in the Pacific and have spent many years teaching history to secondary and fertiary students. The result is an authoritative text for all senior History and Australian Studies students who need to understand the Pacific region.
Author : John Connell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351743716
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Download or read book Change and Continuity in the Pacific written by John Connell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Wendy S. Arbeit
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824812812
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Baskets in Polynesia written by Wendy S. Arbeit and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1990-07-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baskets in Polynesia provides an overview of baskets made throughout central Polynesia from the time of early European contact to the present, observing and comparing regional similarities and differences over the course of two hundred years. Wendy Arbeit has collected and augmented much scattered data. The handsome studio photographs complement the text and show the basic techniques involved in the creation of the baskets, while field photographs show baskets in use. Tables present succinct summaries of regional basket types and the great variety of coconut frond baskets. Once baskets played an integral part in everyday life in Polynesia. Baskets are still made today, but their role has altered dramatically as a result of changing lifestyles in the island cultures. Most baskets are now created by older women, and knowledge of the techniques of plaiting is in peril of being lost altogether. Documentation of basketry in Polynesia has been uneven and for some island groups totally lacking. With this important book, Arbeit remedies this situation.This attractive and informative work will appeal to readers with an interest in Polynesia and to artisans in ethnic crafts.
Author : Paul Memmott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781864999624
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Material Culture of the North Wellesley Islands written by Paul Memmott and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an ethnographic description of the material culture traditionally employed by the Aboriginal people of the North Wellesley Islands in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.
Author : Robert D. Craig
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810842373
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (423 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Polynesia written by Robert D. Craig and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphabetically arranged entries, ranging in length from a paragraph to several pages, describe the important people, food, native animals, politics, history, and culture of Polynesia, which is made up of more than a dozen countries, including American Samoa, French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Tonga. The book includes a four-page list of acronyms, an extensive chronology, and appendices with the names of Polynesian islands and lists of political rulers of the various states through history. Author Craig (emeritus, history, Alaska Pacific U.) has created several other dictionaries on Oceania, Polynesian mythology, and Hawaii. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Keith Chambers
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478608293
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)
Download or read book Unity of Heart written by Keith Chambers and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2000-10-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of years ago, Polynesian voyagers discovered and settled Nanumea atoll, a tiny cluster of coral islets in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The community prospered, first evolving into a traditional culture finely tuned to the atolls limited environment and then weathering new changes imposed by missionaries, colonial officials, and Westernization itself. Now one of eight separate island communities comprising the modern Pacific nation of Tuvalu, Nanumea faces new challenges: rising sea levels, globalization, and massive social and economic changes. Using personal stories that evoke the difficulties and excitement of fieldwork, Keith and Anne Chambers draw on more than twenty-five years of ethnographic research in Nanumea to craft an engaging account of Nanumean culture and social organization. Readers will come to appreciate how the communitys intense sharing obligations, service-oriented chieftainship, and a flexible system of extensive kinship reckoning define a lifestyle that differs fundamentally from modern Western society.
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Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Tuvalu A History written by and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1983 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irené Novaczek
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820203723
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Pacific Voices written by Irené Novaczek and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. A. J. Jansen
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820200609
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Food and Nutrition in Fiji: Food production, composition, and intake written by A. A. J. Jansen and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1990 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two volume set is devoted to a historical review of Fiji's food resources, past and present, and the approach to nutrition-related diseases and their prevention.
Author : Barbara A. West
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438119135
Total Pages : 1025 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania written by Barbara A. West and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-19 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an alphabetical listing of information on the peoples of Asia and Oceania including origins, prehistory, history, culture, languages, and relationships to other cultures.
Author : Robert Dean Craig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576078957
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Polynesian Mythology written by Robert Dean Craig and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-10-25 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, concise reference source on Polynesia's complex mythology, product of a culture little known outside its home. Encounters with the West introduced Polynesian mythology to the world—and sealed its fate as a casualty of colonialism. But for centuries before the Europeans came, that mythology was as vast as the triangle of ocean in which it flourished, as diverse as the people it served, and as complex as the mythologies of Greece and Rome. Students, researchers, and enthusiasts can follow vivid retellings of stories of creation, death, and great voyages, tracking variations from island to island. They can use the book's reference section for information on major deities, heroes, elves, fairies, and recurring themes, as well as the mythic implications of everything from dogs and volcanoes to the hula, Easter Island, and tattooing (invented in the South Pacific and popularized by returning sailors).
Author : Niko Besnier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521485395
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Literacy, Emotion and Authority written by Niko Besnier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1995 book is a study of the development of literacy in the Polynesian community of Nukulaelae.
