LEADER 03558nam 22007813u 450 001 9910814020003321 005 20240404210555.0 010 $a9781782385783 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782385783 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(DE-B1597)635708 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782385783 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 205 $a1st ed. 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 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781782385776 311 08$a1782385770 311 08$a9781782385783 311 08$a1782385789 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$2HILCC 615 4$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$01161995 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814020003321 996 $aLiving Kinship in the Pacific$94063723 997 $aUNINA