Author: James Richardson LoganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Ethnology of the Indo- Pacific Islands
Author: James Richardson LoganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The Ethnology of the Indo-Pacific Islands
Author: James Richardson LoganEthnology of the Indo-Pacific Islands
Author: James Richardson LoganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
At Home and in the Field
Author: Suzanne S. FinneyPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824847598
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Crossing disciplinary boundaries, At Home and in the Field is an anthology of twenty-first century ethnographic research and writing about the global worlds of home and disjuncture in Asia and the Pacific Islands. These stories reveal novel insights into the serendipitous nature of fieldwork. Unique in its inclusion of "homework"—ethnography that directly engages with issues and identities in which the ethnographer finds political solidarity and belonging in fields at home—the anthology contributes to growing trends that complicate the distinction between "insiders" and "outsiders." The obligations that fieldwork engenders among researchers and local communities are exemplified by contributors who are often socially engaged with the peoples and places they work. In its focus on Asia and the Pacific Islands, the collection offers ethnographic updates on topics that range from ritual money burning in China to the militarization of Hawai'i to the social role of text messages in identifying marriage partners in Vanuatu to the cultural power of robots in Japan. Thought provoking, sometimes humorous, these cultural encounters will resonate with readers and provide valuable talking points for exploring the human diversity that makes the study of ourselves and each other simultaneously rewarding and challenging.
Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
Author: Andrew Peter VaydaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The Pacific Island Peoples in the Postwar World
Author: Felix Maxwell KeesingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Bibliotheca indosinica
Author: Henri CordierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indochina
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Saltwater Sociality
Author: Katharina SchneiderPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857453025
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The inhabitants of Pororan Island, a small group of ‘saltwater people’ in Papua New Guinea, are intensely interested in the movements of persons across the island and across the sea, both in their everyday lives as fishing people and on ritual occasions. From their observations of human movements, they take their cues about the current state of social relations. Based on detailed ethnography, this study engages current Melanesian anthropological theory and argues that movements are the Pororans’ predominant mode of objectifying relations. Movements on Pororan Island are to its inhabitants what roads are to ‘mainlanders’ on the nearby larger island, and what material objects and images are to others elsewhere in Melanesia.
Authenticity and Authorship in Pacific Island Encounters
Author: Jeannette MageoPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1800730551
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The insular Pacific is a region saturated with great cultural diversity and poignant memories of colonial and Christian intrusion. Considering authenticity and authorship in the area, this book looks at how these ideas have manifested themselves in Pacific peoples and cultures. Through six rich complementary case studies, a theoretical introduction, and a critical afterword, this volume explores authenticity and authorship as “traveling concepts.” The book reveals diverse and surprising outcomes which shed light on how Pacific identity has changed from the past to the present.
Indo-Pacific Empire
Author: Rory MedcalfPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526150778
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
This book explains why the idea of the Indo-Pacific is so strategically important and concludes with a strategy designed to help the West engage with Chinese power in the region in such a way as to avoid conflict.