Marquesan Societies - Inequality and Political Transformation in Eastern Polynesia

Zusatztext 'Thomas's comparative perspectives are one of the highlights of his work ... he carefully substantiates and fully articulates his comparisons between the Marquesas. Tahiti and Hawaii.'Caroline Ralston! Macquarie University! Anthropological Forum! Vol. VI! No. 4! 1993 Zusammenfassung An account of early Marquesan social relations and culture, making use of ethnohistoric documentation. It covers the nature of gender relations in Polynesian societies, small-scale hierarchical structures, cultural transformation and longer-term change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; The islands: geography and prehistory; Part 1: Early Marquesan social and cultural dynamics: Social groups and their chiefs; Property and hierarchy; Disentangling tapu; Gender and hierarchy; Feasting and warfare; Between chiefs and shamans: ritual agency and the diffusion of power; Part 2: Contact history: short-term transformations: The appropriation of an invader: Opoti and the reorientation of chiefly practice; Southern Marquesan transformations; Part 3: Prehistory and longer-term change: Crises and social transformations; Notes; Appendix A: Sources for the study of Marquesan culture and history; Appendix B: Polyandry and demography; Bibliography: 1. Unpublished works; Published Marquesan sources; Other works

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Thomas, Thomas Nicholas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.1990
• EAN: 9780198277484
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827748-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Polynesia, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural history