02753nam 2200565 450 991045990000332120200520144314.01-78238-414-6(CKB)3710000000226857(EBL)1644359(OCoLC)885451227(SSID)ssj0001333612(PQKBManifestationID)12565656(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001333612(PQKBWorkID)11386498(PQKB)10968014(MiAaPQ)EBC1644359(Au-PeEL)EBL1644359(CaPaEBR)ebr10918100(CaONFJC)MIL640718(EXLCZ)99371000000022685720140905h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Polynesian iconoclasm religious revolution and the seasonality of power /Jeffrey SissonsNew York :Berghahn,2014.©20141 online resource (170 p.)ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology ;Volume 5Description based upon print version of record.1-322-09467-5 1-78238-413-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Map of Polynesia and Other Pacific Islands; Introduction - Exploding History; Chapter 1 - The Seasonality of Life; Chapter 2 - The Mo''orean Iconoclasm; Chapter 3 - Pomare''s Iconoclasm as Seasonal Sacrifice; Chapter 4 - More Distant Emulations; Chapter 5 - Re-consecrating the World; Chapter 6 - Re-binding Societies; Chapter 7 - New Tabus and Ancient Pleasures; Chapter 8 - History, Habitus and Seasonality; Appendix; References; Index Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches - one the size of two football fields - were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced oppressive laws and courts, which the youth resisted through seasonal displays of revelry and tattooing. Seeking an answer to why this event oASAO studies in pacific anthropology ;Volume 5.PolynesiaChurch historyElectronic books.996Sissons Jeffrey970685MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459900003321The Polynesian iconoclasm2206260UNINA