Title Working with the ancestors : mana and place in the Marquesas Islands / Emily C. Donaldson

Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 250 pages) Series Culture, place, and nature: studies in anthropology and environment Culture, place, and nature. Contents The sacred and the sustainable -- Marquesan lands : a living history -- Contested lands : the tenure of ancestral places -- Spirits and bodies : Marquesan engagements with place and the past -- Living from the land : livelihoods, heritage, and development -- Beyond heritage : power, respect, and UNESCO -- Sustainability and loss : heritage management in practice -- Building a future on sacred lands Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2019) Subject Ethnology -- French Polynesia -- Marquesas Islands. Sacred space -- French Polynesia -- Marquesas Islands Mana -- French Polynesia -- Marquesas Islands Land use -- Social aspects -- French Polynesia -- Marquesas Islands SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Ethnology Land use -- Social aspects Mana Manners and customs Sacred space SUBJECT Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- Social life and customs Subject French Polynesia -- Marquesas Islands Form Electronic book LC no. 2018060650 ISBN 9780295745848 0295745843

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