Islands of HistoryMarshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful critique of Western history and anthropology. |
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action aloha ancestors ancient anthropology barkcloth Bishop Museum British Cakaudrove cannibal canoe Captain Cook ceremonies chant chapter chiefly common concepts conjuncture Cook and King Cook's cosmic cultural categories cultural order death divine Dumézil Earth European event famous Fiji Fijian Fornander Frazer genealogies gods Hawaii Heke Heke's Hence heroic Hocart Hone Heke Honolulu human indigenous interest Islands Journal Kahiki Kalaniopu'u Kamakau Kamehameha Kaua'i kava Kealakekua kingship Kororareka Lakeba land lineage logical Lono Lono's Makahiki male Maori marriage Mbau means missionary myth native nature Ngapuhi original pākehā persons pole political Polynesian practice priests Pukui relations relationships Rewa rites ritual royal ruling chief sacred sacrifice Sahlins Samwell sexual ships signs social society sovereignty stranger-king structure symbolic tabu Tāne temple Thakombau theory things tion Tonga Tongan traditional Treaty Treaty of Waitangi tūāhu Tui Nayau ture tween vanua voyage waiian warrior woman women
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Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture Professor Roland Robertson No preview available - 1992 |