Person and place : ideas, ideals and the practice of sociality on Vanua Lava, Vanuatu / Sabine C. Hess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hess, Sabine C., 1966-

Series:

Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; v. 2.

Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melanesians--Vanuatu--Social conditions.

Melanesians.

Social values--Vanuatu.

Social values.

Mythology, Pacific Island--Vanuatu.

Mythology, Pacific Island.

Vanuatu--Social conditions.

Vanuatu.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Concerned with contemporary notions of personhood and the relationship between persons and places, this book, presents a detailed insight into the Vanua Lavan's engagement with modernity, and examines how they relate to the past, make sense of the present and anticipate the future. Marilyn Strathern's claim that the Melanesian person is a dividual by and large holds for the Vanua Lavan person. But Vanua Lavans have also been exposed to, and creatively engaged with, what can be summarised under the term ""Western individualism."" The author draws together several themes, discourses and conversa

Contents:

Title page-Person and Place; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures, Maps and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1-Sociality: Idea, Ideals and Practice; Chapter 2-Person; Chapter 3-Life Cycles; Chapter 4-Being in Place; Chapter 5-Talking about Place; Chapter 6-Church and Kastom: An Old Couple; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-212) and index.

ISBN:

9786612627972

9781282627970

128262797X

9781845459390

1845459393

OCLC:

645101141