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Vol. 24 (2001): Pacific Studies Front Matter 1-2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Front Matter for the Vol. 24, No.1-2 March/June 2001 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal.

Review: Common Worlds And Single Lives: Constituting Knowledge In Pacific Societies, Paige West

Pacific Studies

Verena Keck, ed., Common Worlds and Single Lives: Constituting Knowledge in Pacific Societies. Explorations in Anthropology. Oxford and New York: Berg, 1998. Pp. vi, 417, bib., index. US$22.50 paperback.

Reviewed by Paige West, Rutgers University

Where Has Rotuman Culture Gone? And What Is It Doing There?, Alan Howard, Jan Rensel

Pacific Studies

This article explores the now-problematic concept of “culture” and related terms in the context of a diffuse transnational Rotuman population, more than three- fourths of whom live abroad in Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, and Europe. We begin by reflecting on prevailing criticisms of the culture concept, then present data in historical perspective on Rotuman communities in five different locations: Rotuma, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawai‘i. In presenting these data we examine the patterning effects of four key variables, in- cluding (1) macrosocietal attitudes, (2) the nature of the migration flow, (3) the size of communities, …

Review: An Introduction To The Anthropology Of Melanesia: Culture And Tradition, Roger Ivar Lohmann

Pacific Studies

Paul Sillitoe, An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia: Culture and Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xxiii, 254, illus., bib., index. US$22.95 paperback.

Reviewed by Roger Ivar Lohmann, Western Oregon University

Pacific Islander Pastors And Missionaries: Some Historiographical And Analytical Issues, Doug Munro, Andrew Thornley

Pacific Studies

In global terms, the deployment of indigenous pastors and their equivalents in the dissemination of Christianity was unusual. A notable exception was in the Pacific Islands, where the widespread use of native teachers and preachers was a feature of the missionization process. Their role was not adequately reflected in the historiography of the region until the publication of Ron and Marjorie Crocombes’ seminal book The Works of Ta‘unga in 1968. The Crocombes inspired an outpouring of research on pastors and teachers, which this article describes, categorizes, and assesses. The article concludes with suggestions for further research.

Oasis Or Mirage: The Farming Of Black Pearl In The Northern Cook Islands, Cluny Macpherson

Pacific Studies

By the late twentieth century, small island states in the Pacific faced severe problems resulting from the ways in which they had become integrated into the world capitalist economy since the early nineteenth century. Generic environmental, economic, and social problems follow from dependence on the production of a relatively small number of crops for sale in the world economy, out-migration and remittances, and foreign aid. Most states have sought to reduce their dependence and to move toward greater degrees of economic self-sufficiency. In the case of atolls, opportunities for development are typically regarded as minimal because of fragile ecosystems and …

Westminster Democracy: A Comparison Of Small Island States Varieties In The Pacific And The Caribbean, Dag Anckar

Pacific Studies

The validity of the suggestion by Arend Lijphart that the structure of consensus democracy may spring from a general cultural inclination toward consensus is investigated by comparing a set of small Pacific and Caribbean island states. All have colonial histories that involve a strong British legacy, and all have been submitted to attempts by the metropolitan power to influence the preparing of the independence constitution. The results indicate that the Pacific islands with long-standing indigenous and consensual cultures and traditions have indeed introduced into their political systems more consensus-based applications of Westminster rule. Controls for the impact on democratic style …

Book Review Forum: Stephanie Lawson, Tradition Versus Democracy In The South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, And Western Samoa. Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies., Henry J. Rutz

Pacific Studies

Stephanie Lawson, Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa. Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. x, 228, maps, tables, notes, bib., index. US$64.95 cloth.

Editors’ Note: Because of the fluidity of the situation in Fiji, it is important for readers to note that the various reviews and the author’s response were written in late 1999 and early 2000, before the events of May 2000. —LL & DBR

Review: Henry J. Rutz Hamilton College Clinton, New York

Book Review: Stephanie Lawson, Tradition Versus Democracy In The South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, And Western Samoa, Glenn Petersen

Pacific Studies

Book review of "Stephanie Lawson, Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa" by Glenn Petersen

Book Response: Stephanie Lawson, Tradition Versus Democracy In The South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, And Western Samoa, Stephanie Lawson

Pacific Studies

Response of Stephanie Lawson to the reviews of "Stephanie Lawson, Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa"

Book Review: Greg Dening, Performances, Marta Rohatynskyj

Pacific Studies

Greg Dening, Performances. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 296, bib., index. US$45 cloth; $19.95 paperback.

Reviewed by Marta Rohatynskyj, University of Guelph

Book Review: R. J. May And A. J. Regan With Allison Ley, Eds., Political Decentralisation In A New State: The Experience Of Provincial Government In Papua New Guinea, Bill Standish

Pacific Studies

R. J. May and A. J. Regan with Allison Ley, eds., Political Decentralisation in a New State: The Experience of Provincial Government in Papua New Guinea. Bathurst, N.S.W.: Crawford House Press, 1997. Pp. 431, xi, maps. A$40 (available by E-mail: )

Reviewed by Bill Standish, Australian National University

Book Review: Jürg Wassmann, Ed., Pacific Answers To Western Hegemony: Cultural Practices Of Identity Construction, Laurence Marshall Carucci

Pacific Studies

Jürg Wassmann, ed., Pacific Answers to Western Hegemony: Cultural Practices of Identity Construction. Oxford: Berg, 1998. Pp. 449, bib., index. £44.99 cloth; £17.99 paperback.

Reviewed by Laurence Marshall Carucci, Montana State University

Book Review: Glenn Banks And Chris Ballard, Eds., The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Outcomes, And Implications, Alex Golub

Pacific Studies

Glenn Banks and Chris Ballard, eds., The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Out- comes, and Implications. Pacific Policy Papers, no. 27. Canberra: National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, 1997. Pp. xi, 279, map, bib. A$20 paperback.

Reviewed by Alex Golub, University of Chicago

Book Review: Donald Denoon With Stewart Firth, Jocelyn Linnekin, Malama Meleisea, And Karen Nero, Eds., The Cambridge History Of The Pacific Islanders, Joel Robbins

Pacific Studies

Donald Denoon with Stewart Firth, Jocelyn Linnekin, Malama Meleisea, and Karen Nero, eds., The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 518, index, maps. US$79.95 cloth.

Reviewed by Joel Robbins, University of California, San Diego

Book Noted: Recent Pacific Islands Publications: Selected Acquisitions, March–August 2000, Riley Mofatt

Pacific Studies

This list of significant publications relating to the Pacific Islands was selected from new acquisitions lists received from Brigham Young University–Hawai‘i, University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, University of Auckland, East-West Center, University of the South Pacific, National Library of Australia, Melanesian Studies Resource Center of the University of California–San Diego, and Secretariat of the Pacific Community Library. Other libraries are invited to send contributions to the Books Noted Editor for future issues. Listings reflect the extent of information provided by each institution.

Vol. 23 No. 3/4 (2000): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Front Matter for the Vol. 23, No 3/4-Sept./Dec. 2000 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal.

Book Review: I. C. Campbell, “Gone Native” In Polynesia: Captivity Narratives And Experiences From The South Pacific, Keith Lawrence

Pacific Studies

I. C. Campbell, “Gone Native” in Polynesia: Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998. Pp. 167, map, photos, references, index. US$60 cloth.

Reviewed by Keith Lawrence, Brigham Young University–Provo

Vol. 23 No. 1/2 (2000): 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, …

Vol. 23 No. 3/4 (2000): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian 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 $26.00 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, …

Poverty Among Pacific Islanders In The United States: Incidence, Change, And Correlates, Dennis A. Ahlburg

Pacific Studies

Although poverty in the United States increased over the 1980s, it decreased for Pacific Islanders. But the incidence and severity of Pacific Islander poverty remained greater than that of other Americans. Poverty among Pacific Islanders declined because their attachment to the labor market increased, as did average education and work experience. The article shows that remittances may increase the poverty of some sending households and plunge other households into poverty. Also, the poverty of elderly and single-female-headed Pacific Islander households is so severe that increased welfare and Social Security payments do not lift them out of poverty. Raised are a …

Book Review Forum: Stephen F. Eisenman, Gauguin’S Skirt, Elizabeth C. Childs

Pacific Studies

Stephen F. Eisenman, Gauguin’s Skirt. London: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Pp. 232, 110 illus., notes, index. US$29.95 cloth; $24.95 paperback.

Review: Elizabeth C. Childs Washington University St. Louis

Book Review Forum: Fraying Gauguin’S Skirt: Gender, Race, And Liminality In Polynesia, Margaret Jolly

Pacific Studies

Review: Margaret Jolly

Australian National University

Fraying Gauguin’s Skirt: Gender, Race, and Liminality in Polynesia

Book Review: Ben Burt And Christian Clerk, Eds., Environment And Development In The Pacific Islands. Pacific Policy Papers, No. 25. Canberra: National Centre For Development Studies, Australian National University; Port Moresby: University Of Papua New Guinea Press, 1, Cluny Macpherson

Pacific Studies

Ben Burt and Christian Clerk, eds., Environment and Development in the Pacific Islands. Pacific Policy Papers, no. 25. Canberra: National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University; Port Moresby: University of Papua New Guinea Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 299, illus., maps, references. A$20.

Reviewed by Cluny Macpherson, University of Auckland

Book Review: Per Hage And Frank Harary, Island Networks: Communication, Kinship, And Classification Structures In Oceania, Mac Marshall

Pacific Studies

Per Hage and Frank Harary, Island Networks: Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xx, 296, tables, illus., maps, notes, references, index. US$60 cloth.

Reviewed by Mac Marshall, University of Iowa

Books Noted: Recent Pacific Islands Publications: Selected Acquisitions, June 1999–February 2000, Riley M. Moffat

Pacific Studies

This list of significant new publications relating to the Pacific Islands was selected from new acquisitions lists received from Brigham Young University –Hawai‘i, University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, University of Auckland, East-West Center, University of the South Pacific, National Library of Australia, Melanesian Studies Resource Center of the University of California–San Diego, and Secretariat of the Pacific Community Library. Other libraries are invited to send contributions to the Books Noted Editor for future issues. Listings reflect the extent of information provided by each institution.

Book Review/Response: (Anti) Imperial Primitivist: Paul Gauguin In Oceania, Stephen F. Eisenman

Pacific Studies

(Anti) Imperial Primitivist: Paul Gauguin in Oceania

Response: Stephen F. Eisenman

Northwestern University

“Mi Les Long Yupela Usim Flag Bilong Mi”:* Symbols And Identity In Papua New Guinea, Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart

Pacific Studies

In Papua New Guinea there is a constant interplay between senses of national identity and senses of local identity that is of particular relevance to debates in the contemporary Pacific. In the domain of symbols of identity there is also a two-way appropriation from the local to the national and from the national to the local. We argue that the latter process works most strongly and thereby modifies the process of creation of an overall national sense of identity. The incorporation of the national into the local in turn influences the process of the production of locality itself. Contemporary issues …

Indigenous Self–Determination And Its Implementation, Norman Meller

Pacific Studies

A political scientist examines the parallels between Hawai‘i and the Northern Territory of Australia with respect to statehood and the self-determination of their indigenes, including a consideration of the bases on which the indigenous right of self-determination rests and of the questions associated with its imple- mentation

Book Review Forum: A Preface For Natives, Teresia K. Teaiwa

Pacific Studies

A Preface for Natives

Review: Teresia K. Teaiwa

Victoria University, Wellington