The Polynesian iconoclasm : religious revolution and the seasonality of power / Jeffrey Sissons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sissons, Jeffrey, author.

Series:

ASAO studies in pacific anthropology ; Volume 5.

ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polynesia--Church history.

Polynesia.

Iconoclasm--Polynesia--19th century.

Iconoclasm.

Seasons--Religious aspects.

Seasons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches - one the size of two football fields - were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced oppressive laws and courts, which the youth resisted through seasonal displays of revelry and tattooing. Seeking an answer to why this event o

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Map of Polynesia and Other Pacific Islands; Introduction - Exploding History; Chapter 1 - The Seasonality of Life; Chapter 2 - The Mo''orean Iconoclasm; Chapter 3 - Pomare''s Iconoclasm as Seasonal Sacrifice; Chapter 4 - More Distant Emulations; Chapter 5 - Re-consecrating the World; Chapter 6 - Re-binding Societies; Chapter 7 - New Tabus and Ancient Pleasures; Chapter 8 - History, Habitus and Seasonality; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782384144

1782384146

OCLC:

885451227