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Pamela J. Stewart And Andrew Strathern's Review Of D. C. Lewis's The Plantation Dream: Developing British New Guinea And Papua, 1884–1942, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Pamela J. Stewart And Andrew Strathern's Review Of D. C. Lewis's The Plantation Dream: Developing British New Guinea And Papua, 1884–1942, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of Breaching The Margins: Three Stories Of Aids And Sexuality In The Asian And Island Pacific (Films: Not A Simple Story/Out In Silence; China Dolls; And The Loser), Douglass P. Drozdow
Review Of Breaching The Margins: Three Stories Of Aids And Sexuality In The Asian And Island Pacific (Films: Not A Simple Story/Out In Silence; China Dolls; And The Loser), Douglass P. Drozdow
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Andrew Strathern And Pamela J. Stewart's Review Of Donald Tuzin's The Cassowary’S Revenge: The Life And Death Of Masculinity In A New Guinea Society, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Andrew Strathern And Pamela J. Stewart's Review Of Donald Tuzin's The Cassowary’S Revenge: The Life And Death Of Masculinity In A New Guinea Society, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Environmental Change, Economic Development, And Emigration In Tuvalu, John Connell
Environmental Change, Economic Development, And Emigration In Tuvalu, John Connell
Pacific Studies
Growing consensus on the accelerated greenhouse effect indicates that potential increases in both sea levels and tropical storms will pose problems for atoll states, especially Tuvalu. Land areas and water supplies may be threatened by coastal erosion, depleting agricultural and fisheries potential. Tuvalu’s economy is limited and partly reliant on aid and remittances whose sustainability is uncertain. More than a third of the population now lives in overcrowded conditions in the urban center of Funafuti. Population growth has accelerated since independence, despite attempts to implement a population policy, while opportunities for temporary or permanent emigration have not increased. If environmental …
Interracial Marriage And Status Exchange: A Study Of Pacific Islanders In Hawai‘I From 1983 To 1994, Xuanning Fu
Interracial Marriage And Status Exchange: A Study Of Pacific Islanders In Hawai‘I From 1983 To 1994, Xuanning Fu
Pacific Studies
Intermarriage is one of the most salient demographic features of Hawai‘i. Between 1983 and 1994, 46 percent of all marriages contracted in Hawai‘i were racially exogamous. This article examines socioeconomic status exchange in outgroup marriage and explores the impact this status change has had on the social well-being of four ethnic groups of Pacific Islanders (Hawaiians, part-Hawaiians, Samoans, and other Pacific Islanders). Status homogamy emerges as the most important pattern of mate selection. In a broad sense, people choose their mates on the basis of equal socioeconomic status, either within or across boundaries of race and ethnicity. Gender differences are …
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 Anglicans In New Guinea And The Torres Strait Islands, David Wetherell
The Anglicans In New Guinea And The Torres Strait Islands, David Wetherell
Pacific Studies
This study compares the Anglican diocese of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia with its Anglican neighbor the diocese of New Guinea. While New Guinea called for sacrifice on a heroic scale as befitted a mission among pure “pagans,” Carpentaria was intended primarily as a church for Europeans. However, the withdrawal of thousands of settlers from the Gulf of Carpentaria country from 1910 to 1942 in the wake of recurrent cyclones, economic depression, and drought led to wholesale white depopulation. This depopulation, added to the Anglicans’ acceptance of the London Missionary Society’s sphere in the Torres Strait Islands, left Carpentaria overwhelmingly Islander …
Geoffrey M. White's Review Of Storytellers Of The Pacific, Geoffrey M. White
Geoffrey M. White's Review Of Storytellers Of The Pacific, Geoffrey M. White
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Vol. 21 No. 4 (1998): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Vol. 21 No. 4 (1998): 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 21, No 4 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal
The Potential Demographic Impact Of Hiv/Aids In The Pacific, Dennis A. Ahlburg, Heidi J. Larson, Tim Brown
The Potential Demographic Impact Of Hiv/Aids In The Pacific, Dennis A. Ahlburg, Heidi J. Larson, Tim Brown
Pacific Studies
The number of HIV infections and cases of AIDS reported in the Pacific Island nations is growing steadily. Since many, if not all, of the risk factors for HIV infection are present in the Pacific, without change in behaviors that place people at risk of infection the potential exists for an HIV/AIDS epidemic. This article shows that such an epidemic would considerably increase mortality and slow but not reverse population growth in many Pacific Island countries. As yet, well-designed, multisectoral responses to the threat of an epidemic are lacking. The longer such responses are delayed, the larger will be the …
Jason Carter And Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi's Review Of Charlie Nairn's A Death To Pay For: Individual Voices, Jason Carter, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Jason Carter And Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi's Review Of Charlie Nairn's A Death To Pay For: Individual Voices, Jason Carter, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Gani Revisited: A Historical Overview Of The Mariana Archipelago’S Northern Islands, Scott Russell
Gani Revisited: A Historical Overview Of The Mariana Archipelago’S Northern Islands, Scott Russell
Pacific Studies
The small volcanic islands composing the northern half of the Mariana Archipelago have received little scholarly attention, a situation resulting from their difficult access and small size. Limited archaeological research suggests that these islands, now commonly referred to as the “Northern Islands,” were settled by at least a.d. 1300, and at the time of initial European contact in the early 1500s, all but two had sizable resident populations. During the early mission period, the Northern Islands were the last strongholds of traditional Chamorro culture until their residents were forcibly resettled into church villages on Saipan and Guam in the late …
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.” …
Contributors: Vol 21 No. 4, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Contributors: Vol 21 No. 4, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Contributors list of Vol. 21 (1998): Pacific Studies Full Issue 4
Jane C. Goodale's Review Of Eric Venbrux's A Death In The Tiwi Islands: Conflict, Ritual, And Social Life In An Australian Aboriginal Community, Jane C. Goodale
Jane C. Goodale's Review Of Eric Venbrux's A Death In The Tiwi Islands: Conflict, Ritual, And Social Life In An Australian Aboriginal Community, Jane C. Goodale
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Contributors: Vol 21 No. 3, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Contributors: Vol 21 No. 3, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Contributors list of Vol. 21 (1998): Pacific Studies Full Issue 3
History, Opposition, And Salvation In Agarabi Adventism, George Westermark
History, Opposition, And Salvation In Agarabi Adventism, George Westermark
Pacific Studies
Growth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church was particularly strong in the Papua New Guinea Eastern Highlands in the last decade. This article discusses a variety of reasons for this change, emphasizing Adventist beliefs that create a distinct historical consciousness among church members. In the face of a rapidly changing society, it is argued, these beliefs structure an appealing ideological framework that facilitates both individual and collective transformation. Significant for Eastern Highland Adventists is a doctrine of opposition toward other Christian groups and a sense of their own unique role in the prophetic events that make up their historical model.
Vol. 21 No. 3 (1998): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Vol. 21 No. 3 (1998): 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 …
Dorothy Ayers Counts's Review Of Richard Feinberg And Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo's Leadership And Change In The Western Pacific: Essays Presented To Sir Raymond Firth On The Occasion Of His Ninetieth Birthday, Dorothy Ayers Counts
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
William C. Clarke's Review Of R. Gerard Ward And Elizabeth Kingdon's Land, Custom, And Practice In The South Pacific, William C. Clarke
William C. Clarke's Review Of R. Gerard Ward And Elizabeth Kingdon's Land, Custom, And Practice In The South Pacific, William C. Clarke
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Marcelous Akapito And Joakim Peter's Review Of Vicente M. Diaz's Sacred Vessels: Navigating Tradition And Identity In Micronesia, Marcelous Akapito, Joakim Peter
Marcelous Akapito And Joakim Peter's Review Of Vicente M. Diaz's Sacred Vessels: Navigating Tradition And Identity In Micronesia, Marcelous Akapito, Joakim Peter
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Working Wrongly And Seeking The Straight: Remedial Remedies On Enewetak Atoll, Laurence Marshall Carucci
Working Wrongly And Seeking The Straight: Remedial Remedies On Enewetak Atoll, Laurence Marshall Carucci
Pacific Studies
Classical approaches to righting wrongs among Pacific societies have been couched in terms of normative models of authority, and particularly in relation to societies with positions of ascribed authority, chiefs, and those with acquired authority like Melanesian center persons (“big-men”). In this article, I contend that typological approaches to the analysis of perceived wrongdoing are of limited utility in the assessment of how wrongdoing is culturally fashioned and socially redressed. Instead, I suggest that constructions of wrongdoing are culturally relative. Moreover, ideas and feelings about just and unjust action within the community are also relative and depend upon varied logical …
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.
John Barker's Review Of John Garrett's Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity In Oceania Since World War Ii, John Barker
John Barker's Review Of John Garrett's Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity In Oceania Since World War Ii, John Barker
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
David H. Lewis's Review Of Eric Metzgar's Spirits Of The Voyage, David H. Lewis
David H. Lewis's Review Of Eric Metzgar's Spirits Of The Voyage, David H. Lewis
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Embodiment Of Responsibility: “Confession” And “Compensation” In Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
The Embodiment Of Responsibility: “Confession” And “Compensation” In Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart
Pacific Studies
We discuss two contexts of responsibility for action in Mount Hagen, confession and compensation. Verbal confessions of either wrongdoing or resentment against wrongdoing are important signs of the exercise of agency, but if they are not made, it is expected that sickness will result. “Substance” thus takes over where “agency” fails, and the two are intimately linked. Compensation payments can be seen as nonverbal equivalents of confession or the logical result of it, and if they are not paid, sickness or a failure of wounds to heal is thought to be likely as a result. In contemporary times both confession …
Title Index, Robert S. Means, Russell T. Clement
Title Index, Robert S. Means, Russell T. Clement
Pacific Studies
Title Index compiled by Robert S. Means and Russell T. Clement. Includes two issues per volume, Vols. 1–8; three issues per volume, Vols. 9–13; and four issues per volume, Vols. 14–20.