Developments in Polynesian Ethnology
Developments in Polynesian Ethnology

Author: Robert Borofsky

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2019-03-31

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 0824881966

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Development in Polynesian Ethnology assesses the current state of anthropological research in Polynesia by examining the debates and issues that shape the discipline today. What have anthropologists achieved? What concerns now dominate discussion? Where is Polynesian anthropology headed? In a series of provocative and original essays, leading scholars examine prehistory, social organization, socialization and character development, mana and tapu, chieftainship, art and aesthetics, and early contact. Together these essays show how history, anthropology, and archaeology have combined to give a broad understanding of Polynesian societies developing over time--how they represent a blend of modernity and tradition, continuity and change. This book is both an introduction to Polynesia for interested students and a thought-provoking synthesis for scholars charting new directions and posing possibilities for future research. Scholars outside Polynesian studies will find the perspectives it offers important and its comprehensive bibliography an invaluable resource.

Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific
Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific

Author: R. Feinberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-01-07

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1000323552

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An ethnographic exploration of the rise of new forms of leadership at community and national levels with islanders are synthesising traditional and Western models.

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Author: Alan Barnard

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13: 9780415099967

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Providing a guide to the ideas, arguments and history of the discipline, this volume discusses human social and cultural life in all its diversity and difference. Theory, ethnography and history are combined in over 230 entries on topics

Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia

Author: Patrick Vinton Kirch

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-03-15

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780521788793

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The power of an anthropological approach to long-term history lies in its unique ability to combine diverse evidence, from archaeological artifacts to ethnographic texts and comparative word lists. In this innovative book, Kirch and Green explicitly develop the theoretical underpinnings, as well as the particular methods, for such a historical anthropology. Drawing upon and integrating the approaches of archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics, they advance a phylogenetic model for cultural diversification, and apply a triangulation method for historical reconstruction. They illustrate their approach through meticulous application to the history of the Polynesian cultures, and for the first time reconstruct in extensive detail the Ancestral Polynesian culture that flourished in the Polynesian homeland - Hawaiki - some 2,500 years ago. Of great significance for Oceanic studies, Kirch and Green's book will be essential reading for any anthropologist, prehistorian, linguist, or cultural historian concerned with the theory and method of long-term history.

Tahitian Transformation
Tahitian Transformation

Author: Victoria S. Lockwood

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781555873172

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As culturally diverse, non-Western communities are drawn into the international division of labour, capitalism takes root in a number of ways. This book describes how capitalism has become a part of the lives of rural Tahitians, starting with the arrival of Westerners to the islands and detailing the nature of the transformation brought about by missionaries, merchants, and French colonisers - a transformation whose pace has accelerated with the islands' rapid modernisation and incorporation into the French welfare state.

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Author: Dr Alan Barnard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 1058

ISBN-13: 1134450915

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This Encyclopedia provides description and analysis of the terms, concepts and issues of social and cultural anthropology. International in authorship and coverage, this accessible work is fully indexed and cross-referenced.

Polynesia in Early Historic Times
Polynesia in Early Historic Times

Author: Douglas L. Oliver

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781573061254

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"This book presents a comprehensive and balanced description of major aspects of Polynesian cultures, using both the accounts of the European "discoverers" and the up-to-date writings of archaeologists and anthropologists".--BOOKJACKET.

The Scope of Anthropology
The Scope of Anthropology

Author: Laurent Dousset

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0857453327

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Some of the most prominent social and cultural anthropologists have come together in this volume to discuss Maurice Godelier’s work. They explore and revisit some of the highly complex practices and structures social scientists encounter in their fieldwork. From the nature–culture debate to the fabrication of hereditary political systems, from transforming gender relations to the problems of the Christianization of indigenous peoples, these chapters demonstrate both the diversity of anthropological topics and the opportunity for constructive dialogue around shared methodological and theoretical models.

Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology

Author: Carol R. Ember

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2003-12-31

Total Pages: 1103

ISBN-13: 0306477548

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Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice. The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world.

Essays in Polynesian Ethnology
Essays in Polynesian Ethnology

Author: Robert W. Williamson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-06-16

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1107600731

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This 1939 text examines whether the formation of a cohesive ethnology of Polynesia could be possible.