ISBN:
90-5702-086-6
,
978-90-5702-086-5
ISSN:
1055-2464
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 256 Seiten
Series Statement:
Studies in Anthropology and History 19
Keywords:
Papua-Neuguinea Vanuatu
;
Samoa
;
Cook-Insel
;
Nation
;
Nationalismus
;
Identität
;
Ethnizität
Abstract:
It is striking that in many Pacific nations, 'national' narratives are subordinate to other fundamental historical imaginings, such as those concerning local political dynasties and conversion to Christianity. While leaders in Pacific states have frequently sought to legitimate new nations through local 'tradition' and 'custom', these constructions of identity frequently mask divisions arising from gender, hierarchy, and other social relationships. These studies from Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa and the Cook Islands add much to our knowledge of historical imaginings and contemporary culture in the Pacific, but raise wider questions concerning the current transformation of national identities.
Description / Table of Contents:
The tyranny of tradition / Stephanie Lawson; After the "tidal wave": Bernard Narokobi and the creation of a Melanesian way / Ton Otto; Imagining the state, or, tribalism and the arts of memory in the highlands of Papua New Guinea / Jeffrey Clark; Commemorating missionary heroes / Michael W. Young; Woman-nation-state in Vanuatu / Margaret Jolly; Nation or desti-nation? Cook islands nationalism since 1965 / J. Sissons; "Mornings of the country": centering the nation in Samoan historical discourse / J. Linnekin.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 221-249
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