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UNINA9910480902603321 |
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Autore |
Toren Christina |
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Titolo |
Living Kinship in the Pacific [[electronic resource]] |
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New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists ; ; v.4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Kinship -- Pacific Area |
Kinship -- Polynesia -- Case studies |
Kinship -- Polynesia |
Kinship--Pacific Area--Case studies |
Kinship - Polynesia |
Kinship - Pacific Area |
Gender & Ethnic Studies |
Social Sciences |
Ethnic & Race Studies |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Living Kinship in the Pacific ; Contents; Figures and Tables; Introduction Kinship in the Pacific as Knowledge that Counts ; 1 The Mutual Implication of Kinship and Chiefship in Fiji ; 2 Pigs for Money ; 3 Fijian Kinship ; 4 Gendered Sides and Ritual Moieties ; 5 Tongan Kinship Terminology and Social Stratification ; 6 'I Suffered When My Sister Gave Birth'; 7 The Vasu Position and the Sister's Mana; 8 'Sister or Wife, You've Got to Choose' ; 9 The Sister's Return; 10 How Would We Have Got Here if Our Paternal Grandmother Had Not Existed? ; 11 How Ritual Articulates Kinship |
Notes on Contributors Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Unaisi Nabobo-Baba observed that for the various peoples of the Pacific, kinship is generally understood as ""knowledge that counts."" It is with this observation that this volume begins, and it continues with a |
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