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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784899703321

Autore

Feinberg Richard

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998

ISBN

1-280-52893-1

0-19-535547-4

1-4294-0433-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; ; 15

Disciplina

398/.099593

Soggetti

Anuta language

Ethnology - Solomon Islands - Anuta Island

Folklore - Solomon Islands - Anuta Island

Oral tradition - Solomon Islands - Anuta Island

Anuta Island (Solomon Islands) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 and cultural issues.