Vaka

Vaka
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Publisher : [email protected]
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9820201535
ISBN-13 : 9789820201538
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Vaka by : Thomas R. A. H. Davis

A novel about a great Polynesian voyaging canoe; "Takitumu"; and the people who sailed across Te Moana Nui a Kiva (the Pacific Ocean).

Bulletin, ...

Bulletin, ...
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 658
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112111000326
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Bulletin, ... by : Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

The Journal of the Polynesian Society

The Journal of the Polynesian Society
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015027951659
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Journal of the Polynesian Society by : Polynesian Society (N.Z.)

Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.

Tongan Place Names

Tongan Place Names
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015019044075
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Tongan Place Names by : Edward Winslow Gifford

Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia

Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 398
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ISBN-10 : 052178879X
ISBN-13 : 9780521788793
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia by : Patrick Vinton Kirch

The power of an anthropological approach to long-term history lies in its unique ability to combine diverse evidence, from archaeological artifacts to ethnographic texts and comparative word lists. In this innovative book, Kirch and Green explicitly develop the theoretical underpinnings, as well as the particular methods, for such a historical anthropology. Drawing upon and integrating the approaches of archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics, they advance a phylogenetic model for cultural diversification, and apply a triangulation method for historical reconstruction. They illustrate their approach through meticulous application to the history of the Polynesian cultures, and for the first time reconstruct in extensive detail the Ancestral Polynesian culture that flourished in the Polynesian homeland - Hawaiki - some 2,500 years ago. Of great significance for Oceanic studies, Kirch and Green's book will be essential reading for any anthropologist, prehistorian, linguist, or cultural historian concerned with the theory and method of long-term history.

For Better or for Worse

For Better or for Worse
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781317640561
ISBN-13 : 131764056X
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis For Better or for Worse by : Sabine Fenton

The essays in this book explore the vital role translation has played in defining, changing and redefining linguistic, cultural, ethnic and political identities in several nations of the South Pacific. While in other parts of the world postcolonial scholars have scrutinized the role and history of translation and exposed its close relationship with the colonizers, this has not yet happened in the specific region covered in this collection. In translation studies the Pacific region is terra incognita. The writers of this volume of essays reveal that in the Pacific, as in all other once colonized parts of the world, colonialism and translation went hand in hand. The unsettling power of translation is described as it effected change for better or for worse. While the Pacific Islanders' encounter with the Europeans has previously been described as having a 'Fatal Impact', the authors of these essays are further able to demonstrate that the Pacific Islanders were not only victims but also played an active role in the cross-cultural events they were party to and in shaping their own destinies. Examples of the role of translation in effecting change - for better or for worse - abound in the history of the nations of the Pacific. These stories are told here in order to bring this region into the mainstream scholarly attention of postcolonial and translation studies.

Polynesian Seafaring and Navigation

Polynesian Seafaring and Navigation
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Publisher : Kent State University Press
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 0873387880
ISBN-13 : 9780873387880
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Polynesian Seafaring and Navigation by : Richard Feinberg

After fourteen months of field research in 1972-73 and an additional four months of field work with the Anutans in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara in 1983, Richard Feinberg here provides a thorough study of Anutan seafaring and navigation. In doing so he gives rare insights into the larger picture of how Polynesians have adapted to the sea. This richly illustrated book explores the theory and technique used by Anutans in construction, use, and handling of their craft; the navigational skills still employed in interisland voyaging; and their culturally patterned attitudes toward the ocean and travel on the high seas. Further, the discussion is set within the context of social relations, values, and the Anutan's own symbolic definitions of the world in which they live.

Niue Language Dictionary

Niue Language Dictionary
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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages : 640
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ISBN-10 : 0824819330
ISBN-13 : 9780824819330
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Niue Language Dictionary by : Niue

Tohi Vagahau Niue is a significant new dictionary detailing the Polynesian language of Niue, and will benefit Niuean studies for years to come. While its main aim is to be a repository for native speakers, it will also serve a wider linguistic audience, including comparativists and theorists in lexicography. Detailed user notes introduce the reader to the basic challenges in Niuean lexicography and grammar. With some 10,000 Niuean word entries, the present dictionary is a significant expansion on an earlier work. The Niuean contributors took great care to present their language as a living entity while preserving its valuable past, but they are also aware of its uncertain future. Language revival is essential to preserve a linguistic Pacific jewel, and as such the new dictionary will lend status to Niuean language studies as well as be an invaluable help in using Niuean confidently in everyday life.