Social Change In Melanesia

Author : Paul Sillitoe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521778069

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Social Change in Melanesia by Paul Sillitoe Pdf

This book, first published in 2000, is a companion volume to An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia (1998). It gives a clear and absorbing account of social change in Melanesia since the arrival of Europeans covering the history of the colonial period and the new postcolonial states. Paul Sillitoe deals with economic and technological change, labour migration and urbanisation, and formation of the modern state, but he also describes the sometimes violent reactions to these dramatic transformations, in the form of cargo cults, secession movements, and insurrections against multinational companies. He discusses development projects but brings out associated policy dilemmas, reviews developments that threaten the environment, and implications for local identity, such as romanticises 'primitive culture'. This fascinating account of social change in the pacific is addressed to students with little or no background in the region's history and development.

Author : Cyril S. Belshaw
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : New Caledonia
ISBN : UOM:49015000168550

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Changing Melanesia by Cyril S. Belshaw Pdf

Author : Holly Wardlow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351886215

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The Making of Global and Local Modernities in Melanesia by Holly Wardlow Pdf

Authored by well-established and respected scholars, this work examines the kinds of efforts that have been made to adopt Western modernity in Melanesia and explores the reasons for their varied outcomes. The contributors take the work of Professor Marshall Sahlins as a starting point, assessing his theories of cultural change and of the relationship between cultural intensification and globalizing forces. They acknowledge the importance of Sahlins' ideas, while refining, extending, modifying and critiquing them in light of their own first hand knowledge of Pacific island societies. Also presenting one of Sahlins' less widely available original essays for reference, this book is an exciting contribution to serious anthropological engagement with Papua New Guinea.

Author : Cyril Shirley Belshaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Melanesia
ISBN : LCCN:nun00409374

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Changing Melanesia: social economics of culture contact by Cyril Shirley Belshaw Pdf

Author : Sandra C. Bamford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000109879605

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Embodying Modernity and Postmodernity by Sandra C. Bamford Pdf

This collection of original essays critically examines the relationship between ritual, embodiment, and social change in the South Pacific. Over the past few decades, the societies of Melanesia have undergone profound and revolutionary social change. Encounters with colonialism, postcolonialism, and the forces of globalization have put indigenous peoples in touch with processes of state formation, late capitalist culture, and the emergence of a complex network of transnational identities. In addition to shaping the contours of the nation state, these developments are having a profound impact on the nature of embodied experience. In recent years, many Melanesian societies have witnessed the rise of charismatic Christianity, changing gender configurations, and the growing use of consumerism as a means of defining new social and political hierarchies. Embodying Modernity and Post-Modernity provides detailed analyses of those social changes that are becoming part of contemporary Melanesia. Written by experts with first-hand fieldwork experience, this volume furnishes novel insights concerning the social implications of modernity and postmodernity. More specifically, it addresses two interrelated themes: how the rise of new social and economic forms has influenced the ways in which Melanesians think about, experience and act upon their bodies, and the ways in which these new forms of bodily experience contribute to the emergence of new social and cultural identities. This book is part of the Ritual Studies Monograph Series, edited by Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. "While this volume will be of particular interest for regional specialists and theorists of the body, it also makes important contributions to historical analysis of colonial and post-colonial interpretations of modernity and ritual studies. The editor also deserves credit for bringing together a cohesive text, one in which the articles usefully speak to and complement one another." -- Anthropological Forum "This book is a must read for scholars of Melanesia and all scholars of the Anthropology of the Body. There is much to be gleaned theoretically from these ethnographically rich essays." -- Oceania

Author : Martha Macintyre,Ceridwen Spark
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781760460891

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Transformations of Gender in Melanesia by Martha Macintyre,Ceridwen Spark Pdf

Despite the plethora of research on gender and the many projects designed to improve their status in the Pacific region, women continue to be disadvantaged and marginalised in social, economic and political spheres. How are we to understand this and what does it mean for researchers, policy-makers and development practitioners? This book examines these questions, partly by looking back but also by continuing the effort to explain and understand gender inequities in the Pacific through reference to the concept of societies in transition. The contributors discuss emerging masculinities and femininities in the Pacific in order to chart the development of these in their contexts. Exploring how contemporary Pacific identities are shaped by local contexts and traditions, they focus on how these are remade through interaction with global ideas, images and practices, including new forms of Christianity and economic transformations. Grounded in recent, original research in both the villages and towns of Melanesia, the collection engages with the study of gender in Melanesia as well as scholarship on global modernities. ‘This collection is a welcome addition to the study of gender in Melanesia … Collectively, the essays present complex, locally contextualised and regionally situated case studies of gender transformation occurring alongside, in many instances, the re-codification of hegemonic gendered norms and practices. Gender is not understood as simply code for women in this volume rather, the majority of chapters incorporate men and masculinities in their analysis of gender relations and dynamics. A highlight of the collection is the attention paid to how “the politics of tradition” (and of modernity) are expressed through morally loaded concepts of the “good” or “bad” woman or man and vice versa.’ — Kalissa Alexeyeff, University of Melbourne

Author : Earl Tennyson Little
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Academic theses
ISBN : OCLC:1436387582

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Millenial movements and social change in Melanesia by Earl Tennyson Little Pdf

Author : Edward LiPuma
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Anglicans
ISBN : 0472088351

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Encompassing Others by Edward LiPuma Pdf

An investigation of how the advance of capitalism, colonialism, and Christianity has engaged a Melanasian society

Author : Darrell L. Whiteman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579109615

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Melanesians and Missionaries by Darrell L. Whiteman Pdf

'In Melanesians and Missionaries', one of the best of the younger generation of missionary anthropologists demonstrates that a commitment to the missionary enterprise on the part of a solid scholar facilitates, rather than hinders, the anthropological study of a missionary topic. This is better anthropology because Dr. Whiteman is able to probe more deeply into his topic and demonstrates that he understands and appreciates both Melanesians and missionaries. Charles H. Kraft, Professor of Anthropology, School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena

Author : Marty Zelenietz,Shirley Lindenbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Austronesien
ISBN : UCSC:32106007105890

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Sorcery and Social Change in Melanesia by Marty Zelenietz,Shirley Lindenbaum Pdf

Author : Eric Hirsch,Will Rollason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315529677

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The Melanesian World by Eric Hirsch,Will Rollason Pdf

This wide-ranging volume captures the diverse range of societies and experiences that form what has come to be known as Melanesia. It covers prehistoric, historic and contemporary issues, and includes work by art historians, political scientists, geographers and anthropologists. The chapters range from studies of subsistence, ritual and ceremonial exchange to accounts of state violence, new media and climate change. The ‘Melanesian world’ assembled here raises questions that cut to the heart of debates in the human sciences today, with profound implications for the ways in which scholars across disciplines can describe and understand human difference. This impressive collection of essays represents a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.

Author : Herbert Ian Hogbin
Publisher : London, Watts
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : UOM:39015005861003

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Social Change by Herbert Ian Hogbin Pdf

Texts of Josiah Mason Lectures delivered at the University of Birmingham; includes brief references to Aborigines throughout; counting & numbers, Indonesian influences, modification of kinship rules, subsections, steel axes among the Yir Yiront.

Author : Adolphus Peter Elkin
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X000131585

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Social Anthropology in Melanesia by Adolphus Peter Elkin Pdf

Author : Stanley Ulijaszek
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857455581

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Population, Reproduction and Fertility in Melanesia by Stanley Ulijaszek Pdf

Human biological fertility was considered a important issue to anthropologists and colonial administrators in the first part of the 20th century, as a dramatic decline in population was observed in many regions. However, the total demise of Melanesian populations predicted by some never happened; on the contrary, a rapid population increase took place for the second part of the 20th century. This volume explores relationships between human fertility and reproduction, subsistence systems, the symbolic use of ideas of fertility and reproduction in linking landscape to individuals and populations, in Melanesian societies, past and present. It thus offers an important contribution to our understanding of the implications of social and economic change for reproduction and fertility in the broadest sense.

Author : Sinclair Dinnen,Allison Ley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025188108

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Reflections on Violence in Melanesia by Sinclair Dinnen,Allison Ley Pdf

The Violence in Melanesia Workshop, Canberra, 11-12 December 1997 was organized by the Australian National University's State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project.