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Getting Stoned with Savages

Author : J. Maarten Troost
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767921992
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Getting Stoned with Savages written by J. Maarten Troost and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world. After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, battling feral dogs, machete-wielding neighbors, and a lack of beer on a daily basis, Maarten Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific. But as time went on, he realized he felt remarkably out of place among the trappings of twenty-first-century America. When he found himself holding down a job—one that might possibly lead to a career—he knew it was time for him and his wife, Sylvia, to repack their bags and set off for parts unknown. Getting Stoned with Savages tells the hilarious story of Troost’s time on Vanuatu—a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to “eat the man.” Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes and soon finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders. When Sylvia gets pregnant, they decamp for slightly-more-civilized Fiji, a fallen paradise where the local chiefs can be found watching rugby in the house next door. And as they contend with new parenthood in a country rife with prostitutes and government coups, their son begins to take quite naturally to island living—in complete contrast to his dad.

If Everyone Returned, The Island Would Sink

Author : Kirstie Petrou
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789206219
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book If Everyone Returned, The Island Would Sink written by Kirstie Petrou and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the small island of Paama, Vanuatu, and the capital, Port Vila, this book presents a rare and recent study of the ongoing significance of urbanization and internal migration in the Global South. Based on longitudinal research undertaken in rural ‘home’ places, urban suburbs and informal settlements, this book reveals the deep ambivalence of the outcome of migration, and argues that the fundamental organizing principles of cultural life – in this case centered on kinship and an ‘island home’ – are significantly more important for urban and rural living than the effects of migration.

Ethnology of Vanuatu

Author : Felix Speiser
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824818746
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Ethnology of Vanuatu written by Felix Speiser and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Orchids of Vanuatu

Author : B. Lewis
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN 13 : 9780947643164
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Orchids of Vanuatu written by B. Lewis and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 1989 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive account of the 158 orchid species of Vanuatu. 33 line illustrations and 8 plates.

A Grammar of South Efate

Author : Nicholas Thieberger
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 082483061X
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of South Efate written by Nicholas Thieberger and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-07-31 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents topics in the grammar of South Efate, an Oceanic language of Central Vanuatu as spoken in Erakor village on the outskirts of PortVila. It is one of the first such grammars to take seriously the provision of primary data for the verification of claims made in the analysis. The research is set in the context of increasing attention being paid to the state of the world’s smaller languages and their prospects for being spoken into the future. In addition to providing an outline of the grammar of the language, the author describes the process of developing an archivable textual corpus that is used to make example sentences citable and playable, using software (Audiamus) developed in the course of the research. An included DVD provides a dictionary and finderlist, a set of interlinearized example texts and elicited sentences, and playable media versions of most example sentences and of the example texts.

The Power of Perspective

Author : Knut Mikjel Rio
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845452933
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Perspective written by Knut Mikjel Rio and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new directions in the analysis of Melanesian societies

The Politics of Land in Vanuatu

Author : Howard Van Trease
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820200043
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Land in Vanuatu written by Howard Van Trease and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1987 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

House-Girls Remember

Author : Margaret Rodman Critchlow
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824830121
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book House-Girls Remember written by Margaret Rodman Critchlow and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giving voice to the women who worked as maids—known as "house-girls" in the Pacific islands of Vanuatu—is the goal of this innovative work. The stories the women tell resonate with the experiences of domestic workers around the world; their histories contribute to theorizing intimacy and traveling culture; and their struggles with adverse working conditions help find solutions, which are outlined at the end of the book. In addition to contributions by the editors, workshop reports by eleven ni-Vanuatu women fieldworkers and ten others who spoke about their lives as house-girls are included. These reports detail ni-Vanuatu women’s experiences as domestic workers during the colonial period. One chapter presents an elderly French woman’s recollections of the Vietnamese orphan who grew up in her home and worked as a house-girl. Material from contemporary house-girls appears in a final chapter based on research conducted in Port Vila.

Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm

Author : William F. S. Miles
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824820480
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm written by William F. S. Miles and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu simultaneously experienced the two major types of colonialism of the modern era (British and French), the only instance in which these colonial powers jointly ruled the same people in the same territory over an extended period of time. This, in addition to its small size and recent independence (1980), makes Vanuatu an ideal case study of the clash of contemporary colonialism and its enduring legacies. At the same time, the uniqueness of Melanesian society highlights the singular role of indigenous culture in shaping both colonial and postcolonial political reality. With its close attention to global processes, Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm provides a fresh comparative approach to an island state that has most frequently been examined from an ethnographic or area studies perspective. William F. S. Miles looks at the long-term effects of the joint Franco-British administration in public policy, political disputes, and social cleavages in post-independence Vanuatu. He emphasizes the strong imprint left by "condocolonialism" in dividing ni-Vanuatu into "Anglophones" and "Francophones," but also suggest how this basic division is being replaced (or overlaid) by divisions based on urban or rural residence, "traditional" or "modern" employment, and disparities between the status and activities of men and women. As such, this volume is more than an analysis of a unique case of colonialism and its effects; it is an interpretation of the evolution of an insular society beset by particularly convoluted precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial fractures. Based principally on research conducted in 1991 and, following a key change in Vanuatu's government, a subsequent visit in 1992, the analysis is enriched by regular comparisons between Vanuatu and other colonized societies where the author has carried out original research, including Niger, Nigeria, Martinique, and Pondicherry. Extensive interviews with ni-Vanuatu are integrated throughout the text, presenting islanders' views of their own experience.

Women in Vanuatu

Author :
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821379100
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Women in Vanuatu written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanuatu is a traditionally male dominated and largely patriarchal society. Women have extremely low representation in parliament and in other decision making bodies. Despite this, women are increasingly involved in private sector development and in the market economy. Available statistics suggest that women own nearly 30 percent of all businesses and approximately 20 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises. Yet, government support for women's economic empowerment and women in business has been limited, and reforms are needed to the general legal framework to ensure gender equality. This volume considers barriers to women doing business in Vanuatu using the World Bank Group's Doing Business indicators as a framework. By analyzing the gender dimensions of the cost of doing business, it considers how to take forward reforms to benefit both women and men. The authors argue that designing and implementing these measures makes good economic sense and will ultimately benefit all businesses in Vanuatu - those run by women as well as men.

Vanuatu

Author : International Monetary
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Vanuatu written by International Monetary and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a successful COVID-19 containment strategy, the border reopened in July 2022, and tourism is returning to Vanuatu. Economic activity is expected to be strong in the near term, with real GDP growing around 3.4 percent in 2023, as tourism and construction activities resume. High imported prices are likely to stoke inflation and push the current account into deficit, while fiscal policy will turn more expansionary. The Economic Citizenship Program (ECP) is facing significant challenges, with important implications for revenue and governance, while Air Vanuatu, the national airline, is facing serious operational and financial difficulties. Key structural vulnerabilities relating to climate change, limited infrastructure development capacity, and weak governance, persist.

Vanuatu

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451840594
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Vanuatu written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The staff report for Vanuatu’s 2009 Article IV Consultation discusses economic developments and policies. Vanuatu is well placed to take countercyclical measures should growth slow more than expected. Although close monitoring of banks is necessary given the rapid growth in the private sector credit last year, the wide differential in policy rates between Vanuatu and its major trading partners suggest that there is some scope for monetary easing if things deteriorate more than expected.

VANUATU

Author : Narayan Changder
Publisher : CHANGDER OUTLINE
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book VANUATU written by Narayan Changder and published by CHANGDER OUTLINE. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an enchanting odyssey across the Pacific Isles with "Vanuatu Unveiled: An MCQ Odyssey Across the Pacific Isles." This exceptional MCQ book is your passport to unraveling Vanuatu's pristine landscapes, unique cultural tapestry, vibrant traditions, and the tropical allure that defines this South Pacific paradise. ??? MCQs that Illuminate Vanuatu's Natural Splendors: Delve into the captivating landscapes of Vanuatu through engaging multiple-choice questions. From the turquoise waters of Champagne Beach to the volcanic wonders of Tanna, each question unveils the layers of the nation's diverse and awe-inspiring terrain. ?? Explore Cultural Marvels and Traditions: Journey through Vanuatu's cultural marvels, from the ancient ceremonial sites of Chief Roi Mata to the mesmerizing Rom dance festivals. MCQs guide you through vibrant traditions, providing insights into the unique customs, ceremonies, and artistry that grace Vanuatu's picturesque landscapes. ?? Immerse in the Cultural Tapestry: Immerse yourself in the cultural tapestry of Vanuatu with MCQs exploring traditions, sand drawings, and the vibrant arts scene. From the mysterious bungee-jumping land divers of Pentecost to the Nakamals serving kava, each answer unveils a unique facet of Vanuatu's cultural richness. ?? Savor Vanuatu Culinary Delights: Indulge in the flavors of Vanuatu cuisine with MCQs that introduce you to local dishes such as lap lap and coconut crab. Each question invites you to savor the tastes and aromas that make Vanuatu's gastronomy a delightful exploration. ?? Navigate the Islands' Splendors: Practical insights seamlessly woven into the MCQs guide you through Vanuatu's travel gems. From exploring the underwater wonders of Espiritu Santo to navigating the vibrant markets of Port Vila, this book goes beyond testing your knowledge, offering a comprehensive guide for planning your own Pacific Isles expedition. ???? Ideal for Travel Enthusiasts and Cultural Explorers: Whether you're planning a visit to Vanuatu or captivated by its South Pacific charm, "Vanuatu Unveiled" is the perfect companion. This engaging MCQ book is not just a test; it's an invitation to explore the wonders of this Pacific paradise. ?? Keywords: Vanuatu, MCQ Book, Pacific Isles, Cultural Marvels, Natural Splendors, Culinary Delights, Travel Insights. ? Embark on an MCQ Odyssey Across the Pacific Isles: "Vanuatu Unveiled: An MCQ Odyssey Across the Pacific Isles" is your passport to an interactive and enlightening exploration of Vanuatu's landscapes, traditions, and cultural treasures. Secure your copy now and let the questions guide you through the tropical landscapes and rich heritage of this South Pacific gem.

Vanuatu

Author : International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513531026
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Vanuatu written by International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that Vanuatu’s Real GDP is expected to decline by 2 percent in 2015 because of the cyclone damage to Vanuatu’s main export sectors—tourism and agriculture—which will be only partially offset by reconstruction activities and infrastructure investment. Risks to the outlook are biased to the downside since reconstruction may be constrained by availability of funding and by implementation capacity. Public sector recovery needs are estimated at about 20 percent of GDP. In 2016, a recovery in tourism and agriculture combined with further ramping-up of infrastructure projects is expected to propel growth to 5 percent.

Introduction to Vanuatu

Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN 13 : 2908274701
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Vanuatu written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanuatu is an archipelago consisting of 83 islands located in the South Pacific Ocean. The country is situated between Australia and Fiji and was formerly known as the New Hebrides. Vanuatu is made up of both volcanic and coral islands, which make it an attractive tourist destination. The nation gained independence from Britain and France in 1980 and it has a population of approximately 300,000 people. The official languages of Vanuatu are Bislama, English, and French, and the majority of the population is made up of indigenous Melanesian people. Vanuatu has a diverse culture and is renowned for its unique dances, music, and festivals. Vanuatu's economy is largely dependent on agriculture, fishing, and tourism. The country exports beef, cocoa, coffee, and kava, and its natural beauty, including pristine beaches and coral reefs, draws thousands of tourists every year. In addition, Vanuatu is known for its active volcano on the island of Tanna known as Mount Yasur. Due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Vanuatu is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes and cyclones. Nevertheless, the country has made significant strides in recent years to improve its infrastructure and is gradually becoming more connected to the rest of the world.

Vanuatu Visitor Guide

Author :
Publisher : Jasons Travel Media
ISBN 13 : 0473171740
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book Vanuatu Visitor Guide written by and published by Jasons Travel Media. This book was released on with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Artifak

Author : Hugo DeBlock
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789200431
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Artifak written by Hugo DeBlock and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Vanuatu, commoditization and revitalization of culture and the arts do not necessarily work against each other; both revolve around value formation and the authentication of things. This book investigates the meaning and value of (art) objects as commodities in differing states of transit and transition: in the local place, on the market, in the museum. It provides an ethnographic account of commoditization in a context of revitalization of culture and the arts in Vanuatu, and the issues this generates, such as authentication of actions and things, indigenized copyright, and kastom disputes over ownership and the nature of kastom itself.