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Oral traditions of Anuta : a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands
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Oral traditions of Anuta : a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands

Author: Richard Feinberg
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series: Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics, 15.
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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  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
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 Read more...

 
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