Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Belief Among the Micronesians
Author: James George FrazerSome Things of Value
Author: Community College of MicronesiaPublisher: Nicholson
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead: The belief among the Micronesians
Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ancestor worship
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
“The” Belief Among the Micronesians
Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ancestor worship
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Summoning the Powers Beyond
Author: Jay DobbinPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 082486011X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Summoning the Powers Beyond collects and reconstructs the old religions of preindustrial Micronesia. It draws mostly from written sources from the turn of the nineteenth century and the period immediately after World War II: reports of the Hamburg South Sea Expedition of 1908–1910, articles by German Roman Catholic missionaries in Micronesia included in the journal Anthropos, and reports by the Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology (CIMA) and the American Board of Commissioners of the Foreign Missions (ABCFM). A detailed introduction and an overview of Micronesian religion are followed by separate chapters detailing religion in the Chuukic-speaking islands, Pohnpei, Kosrae, the Marshall Islands, Yap, Palau, Kiribati, and Nauru. The Chamorro-speaking group of the Marianas is omitted because lengthy periods of intense military and missionary activity eradicated most of the local religion. The Polynesian outliers Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi are discussed at the end primarily to underscore the contrasts between Polynesian and Micronesian religion. In a concluding chapter, the author highlights the similarities and differences between the areas within Micronesia and then attempts an appreciation or evaluation of Micronesia religion. Finally, he addresses the evidence of a tentative hypothesis that Micronesian religion is sufficiently different from that of Polynesia and Melanesia to justify the continued claim of a separate Micronesian religion.
The Belief Among the Micronesians
Author: The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead...
Author: James George FrazerThe Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead: The belief among the Micronesians
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780700703180
Category : Ancestor worship
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Collected Works of J.G. Frazer
Author: James George FrazerTraditional Micronesian Societies
Author: Glenn PetersenPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824832485
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Traditional Micronesian Societies explores the extraordinary successes of the ancient voyaging peoples who first settled the Central Pacific islands some two thousand years ago. They and their descendants devised social and cultural adaptations that have enabled them to survive—and thrive—under the most demanding environmental conditions. The dispersed matrilineal clans so typical of Micronesian societies ensure that every individual, every local family and lineage, and every community maintain close relations with the peoples of many other islands. When hurricanes and droughts or political struggles force a group to move, they are sure of being taken in by kin residing elsewhere. Out of this common theme, shared patterns of land tenure, political rule, philosophy, and even personal character have flowed. To describe and explain Micronesian societies, the author begins with an overview of the region, including a brief consideration of the scholarly debate about whether Micronesia actually exists as a genuine and meaningful region. This is followed by an account of how Micronesia was originally settled, how its peoples adapted to conditions there, and how several basic adaptations diffused throughout the islands. He then considers the fundamental matters of descent (ideas about how individuals and groups are bound together through ties of kinship) and descent groups and the closely interlinked subjects of households, families, land, and labor. Because women form the core of the clans, their roles are particularly respected and their contributions to social life honored. Socio-political life, art, religion, and values are discussed in detail. Finally, the author examines a number of exceptions to these common Micronesian patterns of social life. Traditional Micronesian Societies illustrates the idiosyncrasies of individual Micronesian communities and celebrates the Micronesians’ shared ability to adapt, survive, and thrive over millennia. At a time when global climate change has seized our imaginations, the Micronesians’ historical ability to cope with their watery environment is of the greatest relevance.