Oral traditions of Anuta a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands
Feinberg compiles historical narratives from the island of Anuta, an isolated and largely traditional community in the eastern Solomon Islands. He includes both the original texts and the translations, and his annotations provide essential ethnographic and historical context that clarify linguistic...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
1998.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798098406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Motikitiki the Trickster and the Creation of Anuta; 3 Peopling the Island; 4 Early Invasions Are Repulsed; 5 Pu Raatu Goes to War in Tonga; 6 The Chiefly Brethren's First Battle; 7 Extermination of Anuta's Population and the Origin of the Four 'Clans'; 8 War with Tikopia; 9 Beginnings of the House of Pangatau; 10 Adventures of Pu Rotomua; 11 Love and War: Relations with Rotuma; 12 Creation of a Second Chief and an Invasion from Tuvalu; 13 The Warrior Friends: Pu Nevaneva and Pu Tokerau; 14 Contacts of the Early European Period; 15 The Dawn of a New Era; Notes; References; Index
