| Description |
1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Series |
Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific, 2 |
| Contents |
Title page-Person and Place; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures, Maps and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1-Sociality: Idea, Ideals and Practice; Chapter 2-Person; Chapter 3-Life Cycles; Chapter 4-Being in Place; Chapter 5-Talking about Place; Chapter 6-Church and Kastom: An Old Couple; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Index |
| Summary |
Concerned with contemporary notions of personhood and the relationship between persons and places, this book, presents a detailed insight into the Vanua Lavan's engagement with modernity, and examines how they relate to the past, make sense of the present and anticipate the future. Marilyn Strathern's claim that the Melanesian person is a dividual by and large holds for the Vanua Lavan person. But Vanua Lavans have also been exposed to, and creatively engaged with, what can be summarised under the term "Western individualism." The author draws together several themes, discourses and |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Melanesians -- Vanuatu -- Social conditions
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Social values -- Vanuatu
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Mythology, Pacific Island -- Vanuatu
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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Mythology, Pacific Island
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Social conditions
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Social values
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| SUBJECT |
Vanuatu -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Vanuatu
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781845459390 |
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1845459393 |
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