LEADER 03396nam 22007093u 450 001 9910480902603321 005 20210107195552.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000615623 035 $a(EBL)1707816 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001499129 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11904514 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001499129 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11507463 035 $a(PQKB)11351703 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1707816 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000615623 100 $a20150518d2015|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving Kinship in the Pacific$b[electronic resource] 210 $aNew York, NY $cBerghahn Books$d2015 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 1 $aPacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists ;$vv.4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78238-577-0 311 $a1-78238-578-9 327 $aLiving 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 327 $aNotes on Contributors Index 330 $a Unaisi Nabobo-Baba observed that for the various peoples of the Pacific, kinship is generally understood as ""knowledge that counts."" It is with this observation that this volume begins, and it continues with a straightforward objective to provide case studies of Pacific kinship. In doing so, contributors share an understanding of kinship as a lived and living dimension of contemporary human lives, in an area where deep historical links provide for close and useful comparison. The ethnographic focus is on transformation and continuity over time in Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa with the addition of 410 0$aPacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists 606 $aKinship -- Pacific Area 606 $aKinship -- Polynesia -- Case studies 606 $aKinship -- Polynesia 606 $aKinship--Pacific Area--Case studies 606 $aKinship$zPolynesia$vCase studies 606 $aKinship$zPacific Area 606 $aGender & Ethnic Studies$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aEthnic & Race Studies$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aKinship -- Pacific Area. 615 4$aKinship -- Polynesia -- Case studies. 615 4$aKinship -- Polynesia. 615 4$aKinship--Pacific Area--Case studies. 615 0$aKinship 615 0$aKinship 615 7$aGender & Ethnic Studies 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aEthnic & Race Studies 676 $a306.830996 700 $aToren$b Christina$0974522 701 $aPauwels$b Simonne$0974523 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480902603321 996 $aLiving Kinship in the Pacific$92218847 997 $aUNINA