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Articles 1 - 18 of 18
Full-Text Articles in Intellectual History
Sacred Texts And Introductory Texts: The Case Of Mead’S Samoa, Terence E. Hays
Sacred Texts And Introductory Texts: The Case Of Mead’S Samoa, Terence E. Hays
Pacific Studies
A survey of 118 introductory anthropology textbooks published in the period 1929–1990 examines the ways in which Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa has been presented to college undergraduates. In contrast to Derek Freeman’s claim that her conclusions about Samoan sexuality and adolescence have been reiterated (approvingly) in an “unbroken succession of anthropological textbooks,” it appears that this work has been ignored almost as often as it has been cited. Criticisms of Mead, although relatively few and almost entirely methodological, have also been incorporated into textbooks, both before and following Freeman’s 1983 book, Margaret Mead and Samoa. Whether or …
Book Review Forum On Gananath Obeyesekere's The Apotheosis Of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking In The Pacific, David Hanlon, Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa, Nicholas Thomas, Valerio Valeri
Book Review Forum On Gananath Obeyesekere's The Apotheosis Of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking In The Pacific, David Hanlon, Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa, Nicholas Thomas, Valerio Valeri
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Michael W. Young's Review Of Nancy Mcdowell's The Mundugumor: From The Field Notes Of Margaret Mead And Reo Fortune, Michael W. Young
Michael W. Young's Review Of Nancy Mcdowell's The Mundugumor: From The Field Notes Of Margaret Mead And Reo Fortune, Michael W. Young
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Rivers (W.H.R.) Revisited: Matriliny In Southern Bougainville, Part 2: The Nasioi, The Buin, Discussion, Douglas L. Oliver
Rivers (W.H.R.) Revisited: Matriliny In Southern Bougainville, Part 2: The Nasioi, The Buin, Discussion, Douglas L. Oliver
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Rivers (W.H.R.) Revisited: Matriliny In Southern Bougainville, Part 1: Introduction, The Siwai, The Nagovisi, Douglas L. Oliver
Rivers (W.H.R.) Revisited: Matriliny In Southern Bougainville, Part 1: Introduction, The Siwai, The Nagovisi, Douglas L. Oliver
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review Forum On Nicholas Thomas's Out Of Time: History And Evolution In Anthropological Discourse, Richard J. Parmentier, Jonathan Friedman, David Hanlon, Bradd Shore
Book Review Forum On Nicholas Thomas's Out Of Time: History And Evolution In Anthropological Discourse, Richard J. Parmentier, Jonathan Friedman, David Hanlon, Bradd Shore
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
George W. Stocking, Jr.'S Review Of Michael W. Young's Edition Of Bronislaw Malinowski's Malinowski Among The Magi: “The Natives Of Mailu”, George W. Stocking Jr.
George W. Stocking, Jr.'S Review Of Michael W. Young's Edition Of Bronislaw Malinowski's Malinowski Among The Magi: “The Natives Of Mailu”, George W. Stocking Jr.
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review Forum On Robert Borofsky's Making History: Pukapukan And Anthropological Constructions Of Knowledge, Robert Borofsky, James Howe, Julia A, Hecht, Caroline Ralston
Book Review Forum On Robert Borofsky's Making History: Pukapukan And Anthropological Constructions Of Knowledge, Robert Borofsky, James Howe, Julia A, Hecht, Caroline Ralston
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Micronesia: Writing And Rewriting The Histories Of A Nonentity, David Hanlon
Micronesia: Writing And Rewriting The Histories Of A Nonentity, David Hanlon
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
New Directions In Pacific History: A Practitioner’S Critical View, Francis X. Hezel, S. J.
New Directions In Pacific History: A Practitioner’S Critical View, Francis X. Hezel, S. J.
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Freeman, Mead, And The Eighteenth-Century Controversy Over Polynesian Society, David B. Paxman
Freeman, Mead, And The Eighteenth-Century Controversy Over Polynesian Society, David B. Paxman
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Thomas Bargatzky's Review Of Lowell D. Holmes's Quest For The Real Samoa: The Mead/Freeman Controversy And Beyond, Thomas Bargatzky
Thomas Bargatzky's Review Of Lowell D. Holmes's Quest For The Real Samoa: The Mead/Freeman Controversy And Beyond, Thomas Bargatzky
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Some Origins And Migrations Of Ideas Leading To The Aryan Polynesian Theories Of Abraham Fornander And Edward Tregear, K. R. Howe
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Hubert Murray And The Historians, Roger C. Thompson
Hubert Murray And The Historians, Roger C. Thompson
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Pacific History As Seen From The Pacific Islands, David Routledge
Pacific History As Seen From The Pacific Islands, David Routledge
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Steven Zuckerman's Review Of Melford E. Spiro's Oedipus In The Trobriands, Steven Zuckerman
Steven Zuckerman's Review Of Melford E. Spiro's Oedipus In The Trobriands, Steven Zuckerman
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review Forum On Derek Freeman's Margaret Mead And Samoa: The Making And Unmaking Of An Anthropological Myth, Fay Ala‘Ilima, Tuaopepe Felix S. Wendt, Nancy Mcdowell
Book Review Forum On Derek Freeman's Margaret Mead And Samoa: The Making And Unmaking Of An Anthropological Myth, Fay Ala‘Ilima, Tuaopepe Felix S. Wendt, Nancy Mcdowell
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Dorothy Ayers Counts' Review Of James Clifford's Person And Myth: Maurice Leenhardt In The Melanesian World, Dorothy Ayers Counts
Dorothy Ayers Counts' Review Of James Clifford's Person And Myth: Maurice Leenhardt In The Melanesian World, Dorothy Ayers Counts
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.