03396nam 22007093u 450 991048090260332120210107195552.0(CKB)2670000000615623(EBL)1707816(SSID)ssj0001499129(PQKBManifestationID)11904514(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001499129(PQKBWorkID)11507463(PQKB)11351703(MiAaPQ)EBC1707816(EXLCZ)99267000000061562320150518d2015|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiving Kinship in the Pacific[electronic resource]New York, NY Berghahn Books20151 online resource (274 p.)Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists ;v.4Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-577-0 1-78238-578-9 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 KinshipNotes on Contributors Index 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 straightforward objective to provide case studies of Pacific kinship. In doing so, contributors share an understanding of kinship as a lived and living dimension of contemporary human lives, in an area where deep historical links provide for close and useful comparison. The ethnographic focus is on transformation and continuity over time in Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa with the addition of Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for OceanistsKinship -- Pacific AreaKinship -- Polynesia -- Case studiesKinship -- PolynesiaKinship--Pacific Area--Case studiesKinshipPolynesiaCase studiesKinshipPacific AreaGender & Ethnic StudiesHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCEthnic & Race StudiesHILCCElectronic books.Kinship -- Pacific Area.Kinship -- Polynesia -- Case studies.Kinship -- Polynesia.Kinship--Pacific Area--Case studies.KinshipKinshipGender & Ethnic StudiesSocial SciencesEthnic & Race Studies306.830996Toren Christina974522Pauwels Simonne974523AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910480902603321Living Kinship in the Pacific2218847UNINA