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Articles 1 - 26 of 26
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Pearl Farming In The Tuamotus: Atoll Development And Its Consequences, Moshe Rapaport
Pearl Farming In The Tuamotus: Atoll Development And Its Consequences, Moshe Rapaport
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.
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.
“It’S The Same Old Song But With A Different Meaning”: Community And Ethnicity In Sikaiana Expressive Culture, William W. Donner
“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.
Symbols Of Power And The Politics Of Impotence: The Mölmahao Rebellion On Rotuma, Alan Howard
Symbols Of Power And The Politics Of Impotence: The Mölmahao Rebellion On Rotuma, Alan Howard
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Suicide In Micronesia And Samoa: A Critique Of Explanations, Donald H. Rubinstein
Suicide In Micronesia And Samoa: A Critique Of Explanations, Donald H. Rubinstein
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.
Aspects Of Social Organization In Three Samoan Communities, Maureen H. Fitzgerald, Alan Howard
Aspects Of Social Organization In Three Samoan Communities, Maureen H. Fitzgerald, Alan Howard
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Elizabeth Tatar's Review Of Richard Moyle's Traditional Samoan Music, Elizabeth Tatar
Elizabeth Tatar's Review Of Richard Moyle's Traditional Samoan Music, Elizabeth Tatar
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
George E. Marcus's Review Of Antony Hooper And Judith Huntsman's Transformations Of Polynesian Culture, George E. Marcus
George E. Marcus's Review Of Antony Hooper And Judith Huntsman's Transformations Of Polynesian Culture, George E. Marcus
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Road To Power Is A Chainsaw: Villages And Innovation In Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson
The Road To Power Is A Chainsaw: Villages And Innovation In Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Rebecca A. Stephenson's Review Of Ngatupuna Kautai Et Al., Atiu: An Island Community, Rebecca A. Stephenson
Rebecca A. Stephenson's Review Of Ngatupuna Kautai Et Al., Atiu: An Island Community, Rebecca A. Stephenson
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Atomization Of Tongan Society, Keith L. Morton
The Atomization Of Tongan Society, Keith L. Morton
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Changes In Rarotongan Attitudes Toward Health And Disease: Historical Factors In The Development Of A Mid-Twentieth-Century Understanding, Raeburn Lange
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Richard Feinberg's Review Of Patrick Vinton Kirch And D. E. Yen's Tikopia: The Prehistory And Ecology Of A Polynesian Outlier, Richard Feinberg
Richard Feinberg's Review Of Patrick Vinton Kirch And D. E. Yen's Tikopia: The Prehistory And Ecology Of A Polynesian Outlier, Richard Feinberg
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review Forum On Douglas Oliver's Two Tahitian Villages: A Study In Comparison, Douglas Oliver, Paul Shankman, Greg Dening, F. Allan Hanson
Book Review Forum On Douglas Oliver's Two Tahitian Villages: A Study In Comparison, Douglas Oliver, Paul Shankman, Greg Dening, F. Allan Hanson
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Sandra J. Rennie's Review Of Barrie Macdonald's Cinderellas Of The Empire: Towards A History Of Kiribati And Tuvalu, Sandra J. Rennie
Sandra J. Rennie's Review Of Barrie Macdonald's Cinderellas Of The Empire: Towards A History Of Kiribati And Tuvalu, Sandra J. Rennie
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Impact Of Modernization On The Aged In American Samoa, Ellen C. Rhoads
The Impact Of Modernization On The Aged In American Samoa, Ellen C. Rhoads
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.