Related Books

The Melanesian World
Language: en
Pages: 676
Authors: Eric Hirsch
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-28 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This wide-ranging volume captures the diverse range of societies and experiences that form what has come to be known as Melanesia. It covers prehistoric, histor
Person and Myth
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: James Clifford
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Duke University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Originally published in 1982, James Clifford's analytical biography of Maurice Leenhardt (1878-1954)--missionary, anthropologist, founder of French Oceanic stud
Melanesian Odysseys
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Lisette Josephides
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-01 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In a series of epic self-narratives ranging from traditional cultural embodiments to picaresque adventures, Christian epiphanies and a host of interactive strat
The Making of Global and Local Modernities in Melanesia
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Holly Wardlow
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-05 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Authored by well-established and respected scholars, this work examines the kinds of efforts that have been made to adopt Western modernity in Melanesia and exp
Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia
Language: en
Pages: 403
Authors: Thomas Gregor
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-11 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Amazonia and Melanesia are half a world in distance, yet their cultures bear similarities in the areas of sex and gender. This work looks at ways in which sex a