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The Other Side: Ways of Being and Place in Vanuatu (Pacific Islands Monograph)
John Patrick Taylor
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Hardcover. A ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island, a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu's first prime minister. It explores Raga social, spatial, and historical consciousness. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies. Series: Pacific Islands Monograph Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 37 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
The Other Side is the first major ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island, a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu's first prime minister. Exploring Raga social, spatial, and historical consciousness, this richly poetic account provides important theoretical contributions to ongoing debates in Pacific anthropology about the relation between structure and history, and place and time. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies and hegemonies historically, and shows how these are implicated in contemporary social, ritual, and material cultural expressions. These analysis engage with ... Read more
The Other Side is the first major ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island, a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu's first prime minister. Exploring Raga social, spatial, and historical consciousness, this richly poetic account provides important theoretical contributions to ongoing debates in Pacific anthropology about the relation between structure and history, and place and time. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies and hegemonies historically, and shows how these are implicated in contemporary social, ritual, and material cultural expressions. These analysis engage with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Series
Pacific Islands Monograph Series
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824833022
SKU
V9780824833022
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About John Patrick Taylor
John Patrick Taylor is a Simon Research Fellow at the University of Manchester.
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