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Full-Text Articles in Pacific Islands Languages and Societies
War Of The Worlds: Music And Cosmological Battles In The Balinese Cremation Procession, Michael B. Bakan
War Of The Worlds: Music And Cosmological Battles In The Balinese Cremation Procession, Michael B. Bakan
Yale Journal of Music & Religion
Abstract
This article explores processional action as a form of cosmological intervention in Hindu-Balinese cremation processions, focusing on the multiple and intersecting functions of a particular type of Balinese instrumental music ensemble: the gamelan beleganjur. It explores the alternately “enlivening and protective aspects” (DeVale 1990, 62) that underlie the use of beleganjur music in the ngaben, or cremation ritual, showing how beleganjur’s sonic power and rhythmic drive serve to combat malevolent spirit beings, strengthen and inspire processional participants in their efforts to meet challenging ritual obligations, and grant courage to the souls of deceased individuals embarking on their …
The Ecology Of The Anthropological Mind: Gregory Bateson’S Influence On Three Late Twentieth-Century Pacific Scholars, Phillip V. Guddemi
The Ecology Of The Anthropological Mind: Gregory Bateson’S Influence On Three Late Twentieth-Century Pacific Scholars, Phillip V. Guddemi
Pacific Studies
The influence of Gregory Bateson’s path-breaking ethnography, Naven, is well acknowledged in anthropology, as well as his collaborative work with Margaret Mead on Bali. Bateson’s later work, however, departed from anthropology, as conventionally conceived, to focus on issues of communication, psychiatry, animal ethology, cybernetics, and epistemology. These ideas have been influential for relatively few anthropologists. This essay focuses on the influence of Bateson’s later ideas on three anthropologists, all of them Oceanists: Roger Keesing, Robert I. Levy, and Roy Rappaport. These scholars shared an exposure to Bateson’s ideas prior to their popularization in collected essays published in Steps to an …
Book Review Forum: Eric Kline Silverman. Masculinity, Motherhood, And Mockery: Psychoanalyzing Culture And The Iatmul Naven Rite In New Guinea., Diane Losche
Pacific Studies
Book review of "Eric Kline Silverman. Masculinity, Motherhood, and Mockery: Psychoanalyzing Culture and the Iatmul Naven Rite in New Guinea." by Diane Losche
The Sio Story Of Male, Thomas G. Harding, Stephen A. Clark
The Sio Story Of Male, Thomas G. Harding, Stephen A. Clark
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Legend Of Titikolo: An Anêm Genesis, William R. Thurston
The Legend Of Titikolo: An Anêm Genesis, William R. Thurston
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain
Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Legacy Of Moro The Snake-Man In Bariai, Naomi M. Mcpherson
The Legacy Of Moro The Snake-Man In Bariai, Naomi M. Mcpherson
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain
Kulbob And Manub: Past And Future Creator Deities Of Karkar Island, Romola Mcswain
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Sio Story Of Male, Thomas G. Harding, Stephen A. Clark
The Sio Story Of Male, Thomas G. Harding, Stephen A. Clark
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Legacy Of Moro The Snake-Man In Bariai, Naomi M. Mcpherson
The Legacy Of Moro The Snake-Man In Bariai, Naomi M. Mcpherson
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Legend Of Titikolo: An Anêm Genesis, William R. Thurston
The Legend Of Titikolo: An Anêm Genesis, William R. Thurston
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Peter Gathercole's Review Of Alfred Gell's Wrapping In Images: Tattooing In Polynesia, Peter Gathercole
Peter Gathercole's Review Of Alfred Gell's Wrapping In Images: Tattooing In Polynesia, Peter Gathercole
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Track Of The Triangle: Form And Meaning In The Sepik, Papua New Guinea, Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin
The Track Of The Triangle: Form And Meaning In The Sepik, Papua New Guinea, Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Richard Feinberg's Review Of William E. Mitchell's Clowning As Critical Practice: Performance Humor In The South Pacific, Richard Feinberg
Richard Feinberg's Review Of William E. Mitchell's Clowning As Critical Practice: Performance Humor In The South Pacific, Richard Feinberg
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Domestication Of Catholicism On Tobi, Peter W. Black
The Domestication Of Catholicism On Tobi, Peter W. Black
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Theater Of Politics: Contrasting Types Of Performance In Melanesia, Dorothy K. Billings
The Theater Of Politics: Contrasting Types Of Performance In Melanesia, Dorothy K. Billings
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Mac Marshall's Review Of Ron Brunton's The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava And Cultural Instability In Melanesia, Mac Marshall
Mac Marshall's Review Of Ron Brunton's The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava And Cultural Instability In Melanesia, Mac Marshall
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Suzanne Falgout's Review Of Martha C. Ward's Nest In The Wind: Adventures In Anthropology On A Tropical Island, Suzanne Falgout
Suzanne Falgout's Review Of Martha C. Ward's Nest In The Wind: Adventures In Anthropology On A Tropical Island, Suzanne Falgout
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Phillip Lewis's Review Of Louise Lincoln's Assemblage Of Spirits: Idea And Image In New Ireland, Phillip Lewis
Phillip Lewis's Review Of Louise Lincoln's Assemblage Of Spirits: Idea And Image In New Ireland, Phillip Lewis
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Adrienne L. Kaeppler's Review Of Katharine Luomala's Hula Ki‘I: Hawaiian Puppetry, Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Adrienne L. Kaeppler's Review Of Katharine Luomala's Hula Ki‘I: Hawaiian Puppetry, Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Bruce Biggs's Review Of F. Allan Hanson And Louise Hanson's Counterpoint In Maori Culture, Bruce Biggs
Bruce Biggs's Review Of F. Allan Hanson And Louise Hanson's Counterpoint In Maori Culture, Bruce Biggs
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review Forum On Valerio Valeri's Kingship And Sacrifice: Ritual And Society In Ancient Hawaii, John Charlot, Valerio Valeri
Book Review Forum On Valerio Valeri's Kingship And Sacrifice: Ritual And Society In Ancient Hawaii, John Charlot, Valerio Valeri
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Valerio Valeri's Review Of André Itéanu's La Ronde Des Échanges: De La Circulation Aux Valeurs Chez Les Orokaiva, Valerio Valeri
Valerio Valeri's Review Of André Itéanu's La Ronde Des Échanges: De La Circulation Aux Valeurs Chez Les Orokaiva, Valerio Valeri
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Jean Guiart's Review Of Michael W. Young's Magicians Of Manumanua: Living Myth In Kalauna, Jean Guiart
Jean Guiart's Review Of Michael W. Young's Magicians Of Manumanua: Living Myth In Kalauna, Jean Guiart
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Terence E. Hays's Review Of Peter Lawrence's The Garia: An Ethnography Of A Traditional Cosmic System In A New Guinea Village, Terence E. Hays
Terence E. Hays's Review Of Peter Lawrence's The Garia: An Ethnography Of A Traditional Cosmic System In A New Guinea Village, Terence E. Hays
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Roger C. Green's Review Of Roger M. Keesing's Kwaio Religion: The Living And The Dead In A Solomon Island Society, Roger C. Green
Roger C. Green's Review Of Roger M. Keesing's Kwaio Religion: The Living And The Dead In A Solomon Island Society, Roger C. Green
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Richard Scaglion's Review Of Sterling Robbins's Auyana: Those Who Held Onto Home, Richard Scaglion
Richard Scaglion's Review Of Sterling Robbins's Auyana: Those Who Held Onto Home, Richard Scaglion
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Fitz John Porter Poole's Review Of Michael Allen's Vanuatu: Politics, Economics And Ritual In Island Melanesia, Fitz John Porter Poole
Fitz John Porter Poole's Review Of Michael Allen's Vanuatu: Politics, Economics And Ritual In Island Melanesia, Fitz John Porter Poole
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Savage Island Or Savage History? An Interpretation Of Early European Contact With Niue, Sue Mclachlan
Savage Island Or Savage History? An Interpretation Of Early European Contact With Niue, Sue Mclachlan
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Definition Of Authentic Oceanic Cultures With Particular Reference To Tongan Culture, Sione Latukefu
The Definition Of Authentic Oceanic Cultures With Particular Reference To Tongan Culture, Sione Latukefu
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.