ISBN:
978-1-138-69371-5
,
978-1-315-52969-1/(eBook)
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 577 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
first published
Series Statement:
Routledge Worlds
Keywords:
Melanesien Ethnographie
;
Subsistenzwirtschaft
;
Ritual und Zeremonie
;
Gewalt
;
Massenmedien
;
Klimawandel
;
Geopolitik
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Sprachwissenschaft
;
Wirtschaft
;
Politik
;
Materielle Kultur
;
kulturelles Eigentum
;
Entwicklung
;
Ressource
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
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, historic and contemporary issues, and includes work by art historians, political scientists, geographers and anthropologists. The chapters range from studies of subsistence, ritual and ceremonial exchange to accounts of state violence, new media and climate change. The `Melanesian world' assembled here raises questions that cut to the heart of debates in the human sciences today, with profound implications for the ways in which scholars across disciplines can describe and understand human difference. This impressive collection of essays represents a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Preface. Maps of the region and its language groups. 1 Introduction: the challenge of Melanesia - Eric Hirsch and Will Rollason. PART I: HISTORICAL CONTEXT. 2 The archaeology of Melanesia - Glenn Summerhayes. 3 Melanesia: a region and a history - Max Quanchi. 4 Missionaries in the Melanesian world - John Barker. PART II: GEO-POLITICAL, LINGUISTIC AND REGIONAL OVERVIEWS. 5 Geo-political overview of Melanesia - Stewart Firth. 6 Melanesia as a zone of language diversity - Alan Rumsey. 7 Regional overview: from diversity to multiple singularities - Jaap Timmer. PART III: ECONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD. 8 Subsistence food production in Melanesia - R.M. Bourke. 9 Class, labour and consumption in urban Melanesia - Lorena Gibson. 10 Money schemes in contemporary Melanesia - John Cox. 11 Cash crops and markets - Timothy L.M. Sharp and Mark Busse. 12 Searching for Melanesian urbanity - Michael Goddard. PART IV: GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 13 Sovereignty, civil conflict and ethnicity - Matthew G. Allen. 14 Local government and politics: forms and aspects of authority - Steffen Dalsgaard. 15 Security governance in Melanesia: police, prisons and crime - Sinclair Dinnen. 16 Gender relations and human rights in Melanesia - Martha Macintyre. 17 Health, institutions and governance in Melanesia - Alice Street. 18 Owning the law in Melanesia - Melissa Demian and Benedicta Rousseau. PART V: RELIGION, CHURCH, RITUAL AND EXCHANGE PRACTICES. 19 `Witchcraft' and `sorcery' in Melanesia - Knut Rio. 20 Charismatic churches, revivalism and new religious movements - Annelin Eriksen and Michelle MacCarthy. 21 Cargo cult post mortem - Lamont Lindstrom. 22 Big men, ceremonial exchange and life-cycle events - Keir Martin. 23 Interpreting initiation in Melanesia: past and present - Pascale Bonnemere. PART VI: ART, MATERIAL CULTURE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. 24 Museums and cultural centres in Melanesia: a series of experiments - Lissant Bolton. 25 Creation and destruction in Melanesian material culture - Anna-Karina Hermkens. 26 Contemporary art in Melanesia: from grassroots to national identity? - Eva Ch. Raabe. 27 Melanesian worlds of music and dance - Michael Webb. 28 The Melanesian world of paradise tourism: reflections on time, travel and cultural performance - John P. Taylor. PART VII: DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES. 29 Places and paths in Melanesian landscapes - Borut Telban. 30 Extractive industries in Melanesia - Glenn Banks. 31 Climate change in the islands and the highlands: Melanesian manifestations, experiences and actions - Edvard Hviding and Camilla Borrevik. 32 Western conservation in Melanesia: biodiversity conservation - for whom, by whom, and according to whom? - Bridget M. Henning. 33 New media, new Melanesia? - Geoffrey Hobbis. 34 Afterword - Marilyn Strathern. Index
