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Book Synopsis Melanesian Mainstream by : Sebastian T. Ellerich
Download or read book Melanesian Mainstream written by Sebastian T. Ellerich and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2024-01-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citizens of Vanuatu (ni-Vanuatu) perceive stringband music as a marker of national identity, an indicator of their cultural, stylistic, and musical heritage. Through extensive field and ethnographic research, Melanesian Mainstream offers a detailed historical record of the roots, context, evolution, and impact of stringband music. Beyond chronicling the genre’s history and cultural significance, this thorough monograph positions the genre’s musical hybridity, communal lyrics, and unique organizational structures as key factors in the anthropological understanding of ni-Vanuatu socio-cultural history.
Book Synopsis Melanesian Mainstream by : Sebastian T. Ellerich
Download or read book Melanesian Mainstream written by Sebastian T. Ellerich and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2024-01-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citizens of Vanuatu (ni-Vanuatu) perceive stringband music as a marker of national identity, an indicator of their cultural, stylistic, and musical heritage. Through extensive field and ethnographic research, Melanesian Mainstream offers a detailed historical record of the roots, context, evolution, and impact of stringband music. Beyond chronicling the genre’s history and cultural significance, this thorough monograph positions the genre’s musical hybridity, communal lyrics, and unique organizational structures as key factors in the anthropological understanding of ni-Vanuatu socio-cultural history.
Book Synopsis Redefining Mainstream Popular Music by : Sarah Baker
Download or read book Redefining Mainstream Popular Music written by Sarah Baker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mainstream as metaphor: imagining dominant culture - Teenybop and the extraordinary particularities of mainstream practice - Historicizing mainstream mythology: the industrial organization of archives - Lesbian musicalities, queer strains and celesbian pop: the poetics and polemics of women-loving women in mainstream popular music - The positioning of the mainstream in punk - Kill the static: temporality and change in the hip-hop mainstream - The contraditions of the mainstream: Australian views of grunge and commercial success - Elvis goes to Hollywood: authenticity, resistance, commodification and the mainstream - Walking in Memphis?: Elvis heritage between fan fantasy and built environment - 'Following in mother's silent footsteps': revisiting the construction of femininities in 1960s popular music - Music from abroad: the internationalization of the US mainstream music market, 1940-90 - 'Sounds like an official mix': the mainstream aesthetics of mash-up production - Chasing an aesthetic tail: latent technological imperialism in mainstream production - The hobbyist majority and the mainstream fringe: the pathways of independent music-making in Brisbane, Australia - Off the beaten track: the vernacular and the mainstream in New Zealand tramping club songs - Musical listening at work: mainstream musical listening practices in the office - Cheesy listening: popular music and ironic listening practices.
Book Synopsis The Melanesian World by : Eric Hirsch
Download or read book The Melanesian World written by Eric Hirsch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging volume captures the diverse range of societies and experiences that form what has come to be known as Melanesia. It covers prehistoric, historic and contemporary issues, and includes work by art historians, political scientists, geographers and anthropologists. The chapters range from studies of subsistence, ritual and ceremonial exchange to accounts of state violence, new media and climate change. The ‘Melanesian world’ assembled here raises questions that cut to the heart of debates in the human sciences today, with profound implications for the ways in which scholars across disciplines can describe and understand human difference. This impressive collection of essays represents a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.
Book Synopsis Religion and Retributive Logic by : Carole M. Cusack
Download or read book Religion and Retributive Logic written by Carole M. Cusack and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garry Winston Trompf (b.1940) in his outstanding academic career has inspired scholars in the fields of Stduies in Religion and the History of Ideals. In this volume his collegues and students critique and expand upon the world of this outstanding academic. The book is divided into four parts, Melanesia, Ancient World Studies, Philosophical and Methodological Considerations and Historiography. Authors address Trompf's research in works such as "The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought," "Early Christian Historiography" and themes of Melanesian religion that Trompf address in "Payback." No study in the religions of oceania or ideals of millenialism should ignore this critical assessment of Garry Trompf's work.
Book Synopsis Melanesian Mainstream. Stringband Music and Identity in Vanuatu by : Sebastian Ellerich
Download or read book Melanesian Mainstream. Stringband Music and Identity in Vanuatu written by Sebastian Ellerich and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Social Change in Melanesia by : Paul Sillitoe
Download or read book Social Change in Melanesia written by Paul Sillitoe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2000, is a companion volume to An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia (1998). It gives a clear and absorbing account of social change in Melanesia since the arrival of Europeans covering the history of the colonial period and the new postcolonial states. Paul Sillitoe deals with economic and technological change, labour migration and urbanisation, and formation of the modern state, but he also describes the sometimes violent reactions to these dramatic transformations, in the form of cargo cults, secession movements, and insurrections against multinational companies. He discusses development projects but brings out associated policy dilemmas, reviews developments that threaten the environment, and implications for local identity, such as romanticises 'primitive culture'. This fascinating account of social change in the pacific is addressed to students with little or no background in the region's history and development.
Book Synopsis Prophets of Melanesia by : G. W. Trompf
Download or read book Prophets of Melanesia written by G. W. Trompf and published by HP Trade. This book was released on 1977 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Moments in Melanesia by : Regis Stella
Download or read book Moments in Melanesia written by Regis Stella and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moments in Melanesia is a collection of short stories written by Melanesian writers. The book aims to encourage students to enjoy reading, to learn about the world around them and to gain a better understanding of the value of literature.Written from various perspectives and in different and contrasting styles, the writers deal with a wide range of social and personal issues - marriage, adolescence, isolation, revenge and crime.It is hoped that by bringing these stories before a new, large, young audience, these stories will help foster the writing of more stories from Melanesia - stories that deal with Melanesian realities and dreams and give voice to more Melanesian moments.
Book Synopsis France and the South Pacific by : Stephen Henningham
Download or read book France and the South Pacific written by Stephen Henningham and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of the Developing World by : Thomas M. Leonard
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Developing World written by Thomas M. Leonard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 1902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title The Encyclopedia of the Developing World is a comprehensive work on the historical and current status of developing countries. Containing more than 750 entries, the Encyclopedia encompasses primarily the years since 1945 and defines development broadly, addressing not only economics but also civil society and social progress. Entries cover the most important theories and measurements of development; relate historical events, movements, and concepts to development both internationally and regionally where applicable; examine the contributions of the most important persons and organizations; and detail the progress made within geographic regions and by individual countries.
Book Synopsis Modes of Religiosity by : Harvey Whitehouse
Download or read book Modes of Religiosity written by Harvey Whitehouse and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004-05-19 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religions_whatever else they may be_are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At the center of his theory are two divergent 'modes of religiosity:' the imagistic and the doctrinal. Drawing from recent advances in cognitive science, Whitehouse's theory shows how religions tend to coalesce around one of these two poles depending on how religious behaviors are remembered. In the 'imagistic mode,' rituals have a lasting impact on people's minds, haunting not only our memories but influencing the way we ruminate on religious topics. These psychological features are linked to the scale and structure of religious communities, fostering small, exclusive, and ideologically heterogeneous ritual groupings or factions. In the 'doctrinal mode', on the other hand, religious knowledge is primarily spread through intensive and repetitive teaching; religious communities are contrastingly large, inclusive, and centrally regulated. While these tendencies have long been recognized in the history of the study of religion, the modes of religiosity theory is unique in that it explains why these tendencies exist. More importantly, Whitehouse does not give the final word, but invites us to join a series of collaborative networks among anthropologists, historians, archaeologists, and psychologists, currently trying to falsify, confirm, or refine the theory. Are you tired of the flood of descriptions and interpretations of religions which offer no clear strategy for evaluation, comparison, and testing? Modes of Religiosity can provide you with a new way to think when you think about religion.
Book Synopsis Powers, Plumes, and Piglets by : Norman C. Habel
Download or read book Powers, Plumes, and Piglets written by Norman C. Habel and published by Study of Religions. This book was released on 1979 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin by : John W.M. Verhaar, S.J.
Download or read book Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin written by John W.M. Verhaar, S.J. and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia was planned mainly for Tok Pisin, but no predetermined theme(s) had been proposed to the participants. Nevertheless, in this collection of papers several principal themes stand out.One is that of a revived interest in substratology, both for Tok Pisin and for Bislama. Another is what in fact amounts to a change in perspective from universalism, as supposedly competitive with the substratological orientation, towards a generalist approach to typology, which reduces the apparent polarity, from a theoretical point of view. A third is the pervasive interest of contributors in wider language issues in the social and political life of Papua New Guinea.These interests go back to the linguistic and social experience of the participants, most of whom have a long record of living among the people whose languages they have studied on a day-to-day basis, and to the relative remoteness of their inspiration from the more theoretical and perhaps ultimately untestable issues which surround the universalist approach and its claims for a bioprogram foundation for language.
Book Synopsis Bringing Ritual to Mind by : Robert N. McCauley
Download or read book Bringing Ritual to Mind written by Robert N. McCauley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing Ritual to Mind explores the psychological foundations of religious ritual systems. Participants must recall their rituals well enough to ensure a sense of continuity across performances, and those rituals must motivate them to transmit and re-perform them. Most religious rituals the world over exploit either high performance frequency or extraordinary emotional stimulation (but not both) to enhance their recollection (literacy does not affect this). McCauley and Lawson argue that participants' cognitive representations of ritual form explain why. Reviewing a wide range of evidence, they explain religions' evolution.
Book Synopsis Salvation in Melanesia by : Michael Press
Download or read book Salvation in Melanesia written by Michael Press and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salvation in Melanesia explores the views of salvation held by Methodist, Lutheran, and Pentecostal Christians in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, uncovering the ways in which a Protestant theology of unconditional salvation through God’s judgment and grace has been combined with traditional Melanesian religious concepts of reciprocity, retribution, and obedience to cultural laws. While Pentecostal churches have offered new experiences of transformation by rejecting what they regard as the mingling of Melanesian culture with Christianity in other churches, they have also kept certain elements of traditional Melanesian spirituality. Meanwhile, today economic globalization and secularization result in new questions about the relationship between the people, the leaders, the land, and God. Michael Press uses mission sources and interviews to describe the different concepts of mission, their reception, the main images of God, and the relationship between religion and culture in Melanesian churches, as well as the factors that support or hinder personal transformation.
Book Synopsis Handbook of the Companions of the Melanesian Brotherhood by : Companions of the Melanesian Brotherhood
Download or read book Handbook of the Companions of the Melanesian Brotherhood written by Companions of the Melanesian Brotherhood and published by . This book was released on 1976* with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: