The Other Side - Ways of Being and Place in Vanuatu

Klappentext The Other Side is the first major ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island, a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu's first prime minister. Exploring Raga social, spatial, and historical consciousness, this richly poetic account provides important theoretical contributions to ongoing debates in Pacific anthropology about the relation between structure and history, and place and time. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies and hegemonies historically, and shows how these are implicated in contemporary social, ritual, and material cultural expressions. These analyses engage with broader concerns relating to colonial and postcolonial identities, political economy, and globalization in island Melanesia. Zusammenfassung A ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island! a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini! Vanuatu's first prime minister. It explores Raga social! spatial! and historical consciousness. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies.

Product details

• Authors: John Patrick Taylor
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2008
• EAN: 9780824833022
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3302-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Pacific Islands Monograph; Pacific Islands Monograph Series; Pacific Islands Monograph Series; Pacific Islands Monograph
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology