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Melanesian societies, like village societies in many parts of the world, are frequently portrayed as existing in a timeless, traditional present. These seven original essays offer an alternative view, one showing that historical evidence can and must inform our understanding of contemporary cultures.This collection brings together anthropologists and historians who maintain that the timeless-traditionalism approach of anthropology is inadequate. Life in the existing societies of Melanesia cannot be understood, they say, without examining how these societies are shaped by Western influences. The historical perspective that acknowledges ongoing political, economic, and social change results in less stereotypical descriptions of these traditional cultures. Historians and anthropologists of Melanesia and the Pacific will find here original and enlightening work that is sure to influence the theoretical orientation of Melanesian anthropology.
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History and Tradition in Melanesian Anthropology Studies in Melanesian Anthropology ; 10
author
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Carrier, James G.
publisher
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University of California Press
isbn10 | asin
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0520075234
print isbn13
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9780520075238
ebook isbn13
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9780585112213
language
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English
subject
Ethnology--Melanesia--Methodology, Ethnology--Melanesia--Philosophy, Melanesia--Social life and customs.
publication date
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1992
lcc
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GN668.H57 1992eb
ddc
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306/.0995
subject
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Ethnology--Melanesia--Methodology, Ethnology--Melanesia--Philosophy, Melanesia--Social life and customs.
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History and Tradition in Melanesian Anthropology
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STUDIES IN MELANESIAN ANTHROPOLOGY
General Editors
Donald F.Tuzin Gilbert H. Herdt Rena Lederman
1. Michael Young, Magicians of Manumanua: Living Myth in Kalauna
2. Gilbert H. Herdt, ed., Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia
3. Bruce M. Knauft, Good Company and Violence: Sorcery and Social Action in a Lowland New Guinea Society
4. Kenneth E. Read, Return to the High Valley: Coming Full Circle
5. James F. Weiner, The Heart of the Pearl Shell: The Mythological Dimension of Foi Society
6. Marilyn Strathern, The Gender of the Gift: Problems with Women and Problems with Society in Melanesia
7. James G. Carrier and Achsah H. Carrier, Wage, Trade, and Exchange in Melanesia: A Manus Society in the Modern State
8. Christopher Healey, Maring Hunters and Traders: Production and Exchange in the Papua New Guinea Highlands
9. A. L. Epstein, In the Midst of Life: Affect and Ideation in the World of the Tolai
10. James G. Carrier, ed., History and Tradition in Melanesian Anthropology
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History and Tradition in Melanesian Anthropology
Edited by James G. Carrier
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles Oxford
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University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press Oxford, England
Copyright 1992 by The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
History and tradition in Melanesian anthropology/edited by James G. Carrier. p. cm.(Studies in Melanesian anthropology; 10) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-07523-4 (cloth) 1. EthnologyMelanesiaMethodology. 2. EthnologyMelanesia Philosophy. 3. MelanesiaSocial life and customs. I. Carrier, James G. II. Series. GN668.H57 1992 306'.0995dc20 91-38223 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
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Contents
Preface
vii
Introduction
James G. Carrier
1
1. Banana Leaf Bundles and Skirts: A Pacific Penelope's Web?
Margaret Jolly
38
2. Substantivization and Anthropological Discourse: The Transformation of Practices into Institutions in Neotraditional Pacific Societies
Nicholas Thomas
64
3. Doing Ethnographic History: The Case of Fighting in New Caledonia
Bronwen Douglas
86
4. Approaches to Articulation
James G. Carrier
116
5. Christianity in Western Melanesian Ethnography
John Barker
144
6. Kwaisulia as Culture Hero
Roger Keesing
174
7. Gone Native in Isles of Illusion: In Search of Asterisk in Epi
Michael W. Young
193
Epilogue
Roger Keesing and Margaret Jolly
224
Contributors
249
Index
253
Page vii
Preface
This collection developed out of a growing frustration with the way anthropologists have thought and written about Melanesian societies.
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