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The Polynesian iconoclasm : religious revolution and the seasonality of power / Jeffrey Sissons.
Van Pelt Library BR1495.P6 S57 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sissons, Jeffrey, author.
- Series:
- ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 5.
- ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Religion.
- Iconoclasm.
- Church history.
- Polynesia--Church history.
- Polynesia.
- Iconoclasm--Polynesia--19th century.
- Seasons--Religious aspects.
- Seasons.
- Polynesia--Religion--History--19th century.
- Polynesia--Religious life and customs--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 160 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Exploding history
- The seasonality of life
- The Mo'orean iconoclasm
- Pomare's iconoclasm as seasonal sacrifice
- More distant emulations
- Re-consecrating the world
- Re-binding societies
- New tabus and ancient pleasures
- History, habitus and seasonality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781782384137
- 1782384138
- OCLC:
- 863195896
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