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Elfriede Hermann (Ed.) - Belonging in Oceania: Movement, Place-Making and Multiple Identifications - 9781782384151 - V9781782384151
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Belonging in Oceania: Movement, Place-Making and Multiple Identifications

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Description for Belonging in Oceania: Movement, Place-Making and Multiple Identifications Hardback. Ethnographic case studies explore what it means to "belong" in Oceania, as contributors consider ongoing formations of place, self and community in connection with travelling, internal and international migration. The chapters apply the multi-dimensional concepts of movement, place-making and cultural identifications to explain contemporary life.. Editor(s): Hermann, Elfriede; Kempf, Wolfgang; Meijl, Toon Van. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.

Ethnographic case studies explore what it means to “belong” in Oceania, as contributors consider ongoing formations of place, self and community in connection with travelling, internal and international migration. The chapters apply the multi-dimensional concepts of movement, place-making and cultural identifications to explain contemporary life in Oceanic societies. The volume closes by suggesting that constructions of multiple belongings—and, with these, the relevant forms of mobility, place-making and identifications—are being recontextualized and modified by emerging discourses of climate change and sea-level rise.
 

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Series
Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782384151
SKU
V9781782384151
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Elfriede Hermann (Ed.)
Elfriede Hermann is Professor at the Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Göttingen and has conducted research with the Ngaing of Papua New Guinea, the Banabans of Rabi Island (Fiji) and Banaba Island (Kiribati), and the inhabitants of Kiribati.

Reviews for Belonging in Oceania: Movement, Place-Making and Multiple Identifications
“This interesting book contributes to notions of identity in the context of displacement or migration. Specifically, it engages with the dynamics and uncertainties that arise with movement away from home and the inevitable encounters between different cultural contexts that occur through such movement… I was captivated by the meticulousness with which some of these chapters were written, and appreciate the ... Read more

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