Reassessing Revitalization Movements - Perspectives From North America and the Pacific Islands

Informationen zum Autor Michael E. Harkin is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming. He is the author of The Heiltsuks: Dialogues of History and Culture on the Northwest Coast (Nebraska 1997). Klappentext Michael E. Harkin is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming. He is the author of The Heiltsuks: Dialogues of History and Culture on the Northwest Coast (Nebraska 1997). Zusammenfassung Discusses and compares the origins, structure, and development of religious and political revitalization movements in North America and the Pacific Islands. The essays cover the 20th century Cargo Cults of the South Pacific, the 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements in western North America, and the Tuka Movement on Fiji in 1885.

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• Autori: Michael E. Harkin, HARKIN MICHAEL E
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael E Harkin (Editore), Michael E. Harkin (Editore)
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9780803222489
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-2248-9
• Pagine: 341
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia