Title History and tradition in Melanesian anthropology / edited by James G. Carrier

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [1992] ©1992

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Description ix, 257 pages ; 24 cm Series Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; 10 Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; 10 Contents Banana leaf bundles and skirts : a Pacific Penelope's web? / Margaret Jolly -- Substantivization and anthropological discourse : the transformation of practices into institutions in neotraditional Pacific societies / Nicholas Thomas -- Doing ethnographic history : the case of fighting in New Caledonia / Bronwen Douglas -- Approaches to articulation / James G. Carrier -- Christianity in Western Melanesian ethnography / John Barker -- Kwaisulia as culture hero / Roger Keesing -- Gone native in isles of illusion : in search of asterisk in Epi / Michael W. Young -- Epilogue / Roger Keesing and Margaret Jolly Analysis Ethnic groups Social life Melanesia Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-247) and index Notes A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program English Subject Ethnology -- Melanesia -- Methodology. Ethnology -- Melanesia -- Philosophy. SUBJECT Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083370 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Author Carrier, James G. LC no. 91038223 ISBN 0520075234

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