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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Feinberg |
| ISBN: | 0195106830 9780195106831 0195106849 9780195106848 |
| OCLC Number: | 36364188 |
| Description: | viii, 294 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Motikitiki the Trickster and the Creation of Anuta -- 5. 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 -- 15. The Warrior Friends: Pu Nevaneva and Pu Tokerau -- 14. Contacts of the Early European Period -- 15. The Dawn of a New Era. |
| Series Title: | Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics, 15. |
| Other Titles: | Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands |
| Responsibility: | Richard Feinberg. |
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This fascinating collection of forty-six texts is the result of a twenty-five-year collaboration between anthropologist Richard Feinberg and the people of Anuta. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute This rich collection serves a variety of purposes and audiences. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Read more...
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Related Subjects:(10)
- Folklore -- Solomon Islands -- Anuta Island.
- Oral tradition -- Solomon Islands -- Anuta Island.
- Ethnology -- Solomon Islands -- Anuta Island.
- Anuta language.
- Anuta Island (Solomon Islands) -- Social life and customs.
- Volksverhalen.
- Mündliche Überlieferung.
- Anuta.
- Tradition orale -- Salomon -- Anuta (ile).
- Anuta (Salomon ; île) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
