Cultural identity and ethnicity in the Pacific /

Cultural identity and ethnicity in the Pacific / edited by Jocelyn Linnekin and Lin Poyer. - vi, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-309) and index.

Introduction / Other people do other things : Lamarckian identities in Kainantu Subdistrict, Papua New Guinea / Seagulls don't fly into the bush : cultural identity and the negotiation of development on Mandok Island, Papua New Guinea / Lamarckian definitions of identity on Kapingamarangi and Pohnpei / We still have our customs : being Pulapese in Truk / Being Sapwuahfik : cultural and ethnic identity in a Micronesian society / The politics of culture in the Pacific / Custom by decree : legitimation crisis in Vanuatu / Is it in the blood? Australian aboriginal identity / Tangi : funeral rituals and the construction of Maori identity / Maori sovereignty : a feminist invention of tradition / Cultural paradigms, history, and the search for identity in Oceania / Jocelyn Linnekin and Lin Poyer -- James B. Watson -- Alice Pomponio -- Michael D. Lieber -- Juliana Flinn -- Lin Poyer -- Jocelyn Linnekin -- Joan Larcom -- Myrna Ewart Tonkinson -- Karen P. Sinclair -- Michele D. Dominy -- Alan Howard.

0824812085 9780824812089

89005228


Ethnicity--Oceania


Oceania--Social life and customs

GN662 / .C77 1990

306.0995

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