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Full-Text Articles in Polynesian Studies
Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Advertising Missionaries And Pacific Passages, Marta Rohatynskyj
Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Advertising Missionaries And Pacific Passages, Marta Rohatynskyj
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Contributors: Vol 22 No. 2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Contributors: Vol 22 No. 2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Contributors list of Vol. 22 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue 2
Nicholas J. Goetzfridt's Review Of Richard Feinberg's Seafaring In The Contemporary Pacific Islands: Studies In Continuity And Change, Nicholas J. Goetzfridt
Nicholas J. Goetzfridt's Review Of Richard Feinberg's Seafaring In The Contemporary Pacific Islands: Studies In Continuity And Change, Nicholas J. Goetzfridt
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Book Listing for the Vol 22, No 2 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal
Changing Contours Of Kinship: The Impacts Of Social And Economic Development On Kinship Organization In The South Pacific, Cluny Macpherson
Changing Contours Of Kinship: The Impacts Of Social And Economic Development On Kinship Organization In The South Pacific, Cluny Macpherson
Pacific Studies
The incorporation of microstates into the capitalist world-system sets the stage for profound transformations of kinship organization. This article argues that, while ideologies of kinship may remain largely intact, the actual organization of kinship is changing. It explores the roles of social, demographic, political, and economic factors in the transformation of the structure of kinship and family in the South Pacific in the period since continuous contact with the West commenced some 170 years ago. The case of Western Samoa is offered as an example of the process of change that is occurring at varying rates throughout Pacific Island societies.
Vol. 22 No. 2 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Vol. 22 No. 2 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …
Toward Historizing Gender In Polynesia: On Vilsoni Hereniko’S Woven Gods And Regional Patterns, Jeannette Marie Mageo
Toward Historizing Gender In Polynesia: On Vilsoni Hereniko’S Woven Gods And Regional Patterns, Jeannette Marie Mageo
Pacific Studies
This article considers possible parallels between Rotuman and Samoan gender history through Vilsoni Hereniko’s book Woven Gods. Hereniko draws upon the work of Victor Turner to analyze his Rotuman data, arguing that wedding clowns reverse normative social structures. Wedding clowns are expert female practitioners of Rotuman joking discourse. This discourse is not only ritualized on special occasions but is also an everyday informal discourse and, I argue, is in this sense normative; it counterbalances respect discourse, which is likewise practiced in ritual (ceremonial) contexts but also in everyday polite contexts. In the Samoan precolonial sex-gender system, males and females had …
Vol. 22 No. 1 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Vol. 22 No. 1 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …
Contributors: Vol 22 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Contributors: Vol 22 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Contributors list of Vol. 22 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue 1
Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Book Listing for the Vol 22, No 1 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal
The Emergence Of An Ethnic Millenarian Thinking And The Development Of Nationalism In Tahiti, Bruno Saura
The Emergence Of An Ethnic Millenarian Thinking And The Development Of Nationalism In Tahiti, Bruno Saura
Pacific Studies
This article analyzes the emergence in Tahiti of a body of theological and philosophical works written in Tahitian by Duro Raapoto, the leading intellectual of the Protestant Church and one of the best poets of French Polynesia. They constitute a new syncretic and millennialistic rewriting of Tahitian history as well as a rereading of anthropological ideas relative to pre-European society through a reinterpretation of some essential concepts of Polynesian culture. Their author’s objective is to restore the golden age of innocence presented as “the authentic Tahitian religion” and to establish the Kingdom of God within the Tahitian people, “God’s chosen.” …
Righting Wrongs On Anuta, Richard Feinberg
Righting Wrongs On Anuta, Richard Feinberg
Pacific Studies
Apology and compensation are commonly employed to reestablish social harmony when one person causes injury to others, thereby disrupting social order. Here I explore the way in which these mechanisms are utilized by the people of Anuta, a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands. I suggest that compensation and apology need not be counterposed and, in fact, are often intertwined as aspects of a single process. Historical transition from the widespread Polynesian emphasis on rank, respect, collective responsibility, and mutual assistance to a more individualistic and competitive cultural environment has led to changes in Anutan views of right and wrong. …
Dressing, Undressing, And Early European Contact In Australia And Tahiti, Michael Sturma
Dressing, Undressing, And Early European Contact In Australia And Tahiti, Michael Sturma
Pacific Studies
Dress and presentation of the body serve as important points of reference in cross-cultural transactions but are potentially confusing. Focusing on early encounters between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of Australia and Tahiti, I argue that certain tactics were commonly adopted to facilitate communication across cultures and dress codes. I have categorized these patterns of discourse as exposure, make-overs, and appropriation. While these tactics could assist in developing cross-cultural relationships, they also created their own ambiguities.
The Place Of Persons With Disabilities In Rotuman Society, Jan Rensel, Alan Howard
The Place Of Persons With Disabilities In Rotuman Society, Jan Rensel, Alan Howard
Pacific Studies
In Rotuma, as in many other small, face-to-face societies, persons with disabilities are treated not as members of categories based on their conditions, but as individuals having whole constellations of characteristics and interpersonal histories. Their roles are not scripted on the basis of disabilities, but patterned by a number of key cultural principles that guide all relationships, including notions of immanent justice for wrongdoing, expectations of generosity and reciprocity, personal autonomy, and concern for family honor. Case studies and analyses of exchange interactions are presented to illustrate these points.
Vol. 20 No. 1 (1997): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Vol. 20 No. 1 (1997): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …
Vol. 20 No. 1 (1997): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Vol. 20 No. 1 (1997): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …
Contributors: Vol 20 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Contributors: Vol 20 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Contributors list of Vol. 20 (1997): Pacific Studies Full Issue 1
Reading The Leaves: The Role Of Tongan Women’S Traditional Wealth And Other “Contraflows” In The Processes Of Modern Migration And Remittance, Kerry James
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Leaders In Squash Export: Entrepreneurship And The Introduction Of A New Cash Crop In Tonga, Paul Van Der Grijp
Leaders In Squash Export: Entrepreneurship And The Introduction Of A New Cash Crop In Tonga, Paul Van Der Grijp
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Sandra Bamford's Review Of Dirk Smidt, Pieter Ter Keurs, And Albert Trouwborst's Pacific Material Culture: Essays In Honour Of Dr. Simon Kooijman On The Occasion Of His 80th Birthday, Sandra Bamford
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
C. J. Stevens's Review Of Arne Aleksej Perminow's The Long Way Home: Dilemmas Of Everyday Life In A Tongan Village, C. J. Stevens
C. J. Stevens's Review Of Arne Aleksej Perminow's The Long Way Home: Dilemmas Of Everyday Life In A Tongan Village, C. J. Stevens
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Lingua Franca And Vernacular: Language Use And Language Change On Sikaiana, William W. Donner
Lingua Franca And Vernacular: Language Use And Language Change On Sikaiana, William W. Donner
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The July Festival In The Marquesas Islands: “Youth” And Identity In A Valley Community, Mary Martini
The July Festival In The Marquesas Islands: “Youth” And Identity In A Valley Community, Mary Martini
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Rebecca A. Stephenson's Review Of Jukka Siikala's ‘Akatokamanava: Myth, History, And Society In The Southern Cook Islands, Rebecca A. Stephenson
Rebecca A. Stephenson's Review Of Jukka Siikala's ‘Akatokamanava: Myth, History, And Society In The Southern Cook Islands, Rebecca A. Stephenson
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Some Recent Publications Of Maori Texts, John Charlot
Some Recent Publications Of Maori Texts, John Charlot
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Rebecca A. Stephenson's Review Of Tom Davis's (Pa Tuterangi Ariki) Island Boy: An Autobiography, Rebecca A. Stephenson
Rebecca A. Stephenson's Review Of Tom Davis's (Pa Tuterangi Ariki) Island Boy: An Autobiography, Rebecca A. Stephenson
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 Truth And Other Irrelevant Aspects Of Nukulaelae Gossip, Niko Besnier
The Truth And Other Irrelevant Aspects Of Nukulaelae Gossip, Niko Besnier
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Home Alone: The Effects Of Out-Migration On Niuean Elders’ Living Arrangements And Social Supports, Judith C. Barker
Home Alone: The Effects Of Out-Migration On Niuean Elders’ Living Arrangements And Social Supports, Judith C. Barker
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Changing Patterns Of Commitment To Island Homelands: A Case Study Of Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson
Changing Patterns Of Commitment To Island Homelands: A Case Study Of Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.