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Full-Text Articles in Polynesian Studies
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
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.
Effeminate Males And Changes In The Construction Of Gender In Tonga, Kerry E. James
Effeminate Males And Changes In The Construction Of Gender In Tonga, Kerry E. James
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Vol. 16 No. 1 (1993): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
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
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
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
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
Women, Art, And The Crafting Of Ethnicity In Contemporary French Polynesia, Anna Laura Jones
Women, Art, And The Crafting Of Ethnicity In Contemporary French Polynesia, Anna Laura Jones
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
To Beat Or Not To Beat, That Is The Question: A Study On Acculturation And Change In An Art-Making Process And Its Relation To Gender Structures, Jehanne H. Teilhet-Fisk
To Beat Or Not To Beat, That Is The Question: A Study On Acculturation And Change In An Art-Making Process And Its Relation To Gender Structures, Jehanne H. Teilhet-Fisk
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Paul Shankman's Review Of Fay Alailima's Aggie Grey: A Samoan Saga, Paul Shankman
Paul Shankman's Review Of Fay Alailima's Aggie Grey: A Samoan Saga, Paul Shankman
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Wendy E. Cowling's Review Of Caroline Ralston And Nicholas Thomas's Sanctity And Power: Gender In Polynesian History, Wendy E. Cowling
Wendy E. Cowling's Review Of Caroline Ralston And Nicholas Thomas's Sanctity And Power: Gender In Polynesian History, Wendy E. Cowling
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.