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Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard's Review Of John Kneubuhl's Think Of A Garden And Other Plays, Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard Jun 1999

Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard's Review Of John Kneubuhl's Think Of A Garden And Other Plays, Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Marta Rohatynskyj's Review Of Advertising Missionaries And Pacific Passages, Marta Rohatynskyj Jun 1999

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 Jun 1999

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


Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Jun 1999

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


Vol. 22 No. 2 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Jun 1999

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 Mar 1999

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 …


The July Festival In The Marquesas Islands: “Youth” And Identity In A Valley Community, Mary Martini Jun 1996

The July Festival In The Marquesas Islands: “Youth” And Identity In A Valley Community, Mary Martini

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Vol. 16 No. 1 (1993): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Mar 1993

Vol. 16 No. 1 (1993): 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 …


Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Mar 1993

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 16, No 1 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal


Vol. 16 No. 1 (1993): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Mar 1993

Vol. 16 No. 1 (1993): 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 16 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Mar 1993

Contributors: Vol 16 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 16 (1993): Pacific Studies Full Issue 1


“It’S The Same Old Song But With A Different Meaning”: Community And Ethnicity In Sikaiana Expressive Culture, William W. Donner Dec 1992

“It’S The Same Old Song But With A Different Meaning”: Community And Ethnicity In Sikaiana Expressive Culture, William W. Donner

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Politicization Of La Culture Ma‘Ohi: The Creation Of A Tahitian Cultural Identity, Karen Stevenson Dec 1992

Politicization Of La Culture Ma‘Ohi: The Creation Of A Tahitian Cultural Identity, Karen Stevenson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Heteroglossia In Samoan Oratory, Alessandro Duranti Dec 1992

Heteroglossia In Samoan Oratory, Alessandro Duranti

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Monster (A Fantasy): A One-Act Play, With An Interview With The Playwright, Vilsoni Hereniko Dec 1992

The Monster (A Fantasy): A One-Act Play, With An Interview With The Playwright, Vilsoni Hereniko

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Comic Theater In Samoa As Indigenous Media, Caroline Sinavaiana Dec 1992

Comic Theater In Samoa As Indigenous Media, Caroline Sinavaiana

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Elizabeth Tatar's Review Of Richard Moyle's Traditional Samoan Music, Elizabeth Tatar Mar 1990

Elizabeth Tatar's Review Of Richard Moyle's Traditional Samoan Music, Elizabeth Tatar

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Larry V. Shumway's Review Of Richard Moyle's Tongan Music, Larry V. Shumway Mar 1989

Larry V. Shumway's Review Of Richard Moyle's Tongan Music, Larry V. Shumway

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.