In Oceania : visions, artifacts, histories /
Thomas, Nicholas, 1960-
In Oceania : visions, artifacts, histories / In Oceania : Visions, artefacts, histories Nicholas Thomas. - xvi, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index.
List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Tupaia's Map -- Visions of History and Anthropology -- Partial Texts: Representation, Colonialism, and Agency in Pacific History -- Alejandro Mayta in Fiji: Narratives about Millenarianism, Colonialism, Postcolonial Politics, and Custom -- Colonial Images and Narratives -- Liberty and Licence: New Zealand Societies in Cook Voyage Anthropology -- Objects of Knowledge: Oceanic Artifacts in European Engravings -- Melanesians and Polynesians: Ethnic Typifications inside and outside Anthropology -- Fear and Loathing in the South Pacific: Colonial and Postcolonial History in Popular Fiction -- Beyond the Invention of Tradition -- Tin and Thatch -- The Inversion of Tradition -- Contrasts: Marriage and Identity in Western Fiji -- Epilogue: From Contrast to Relation -- The Bula Tale Movement -- Notes -- References -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. III. 7. 8. 9. App.
0822320029 9780822320029 0822319985 9780822319986
96054634
Ethnology--Oceania
Material culture--Oceania
Oceania--History
Oceania--Social life and customs
Oceania--Antiquities
GN662 / .T6 1997
306.0995
In Oceania : visions, artifacts, histories / In Oceania : Visions, artefacts, histories Nicholas Thomas. - xvi, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index.
List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Tupaia's Map -- Visions of History and Anthropology -- Partial Texts: Representation, Colonialism, and Agency in Pacific History -- Alejandro Mayta in Fiji: Narratives about Millenarianism, Colonialism, Postcolonial Politics, and Custom -- Colonial Images and Narratives -- Liberty and Licence: New Zealand Societies in Cook Voyage Anthropology -- Objects of Knowledge: Oceanic Artifacts in European Engravings -- Melanesians and Polynesians: Ethnic Typifications inside and outside Anthropology -- Fear and Loathing in the South Pacific: Colonial and Postcolonial History in Popular Fiction -- Beyond the Invention of Tradition -- Tin and Thatch -- The Inversion of Tradition -- Contrasts: Marriage and Identity in Western Fiji -- Epilogue: From Contrast to Relation -- The Bula Tale Movement -- Notes -- References -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. III. 7. 8. 9. App.
0822320029 9780822320029 0822319985 9780822319986
96054634
Ethnology--Oceania
Material culture--Oceania
Oceania--History
Oceania--Social life and customs
Oceania--Antiquities
GN662 / .T6 1997
306.0995