LEADER 03820 am 22007573u 450 001 996199793603316 005 20230621135413.0 010 $a1-921536-02-0 035 $a(CKB)3170000000065234 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000671450 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12228279 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000671450 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10625210 035 $a(PQKB)10643760 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4746211 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00058095 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36308 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000065234 100 $a20090121h20082008 my| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a"First contacts" in Polynesia $ethe Samoan case (1722-1848) : Western misunderstandings about sexuality and divinity /$fSerge Tcherke?zoff 205 $aNew edition. 210 $aCanberra$cANU Press$d2008 210 1$aCanberra :$cANU E Press,$d[2008] 210 4$d©2008 215 $a1 online resource (252 pages) $cillustrations, portraits 300 $aPreviously published: 2004. 311 08$aPrint version: 9781921536014 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThis book explores the first encounters between Samoans and Europeans up to the arrival of the missionaries, using all available sources for the years 1722 to the 1830s, paying special attention to the first encounter on land with the Lapérouse expedition. Many of the sources used are French, and some of difficult accessibility, and thus they have not previously been thoroughly examined by historians. Adding some Polynesian comparisons from beyond Samoa, and reconsidering the so-called ?Sahlins-Obeyesekere debate? about the fate of Captain Cook, ?First Contacts? in Polynesia advances a hypothesis about the contemporary interpretations made by the Polynesians of the nature of the Europeans, and about the actions that the Polynesians devised for this encounter: wrapping Europeans up in ?cloth? and presenting ?young girls? for ?sexual contact?. It also discusses how we can go back two centuries and attempt to reconstitute, even if only partially, the point of view of those who had to discover for themselves these Europeans whom they call ?Papalagi?. The book also contributes an additional dimension to the much-touted ?Mead-Freeman debate? which bears on the rules and values regulating adolescent sexuality in ?Samoan culture?. Scholars have long considered the pre-missionary times as a period in which freedom in sexuality for adolescents predominated. It appears now that this erroneous view emerged from a deep misinterpretation of Lapérouse?s and Dumont d?Urville?s narratives. 606 $aHistory$2bicssc 606 $aAnthropology$2bicssc 607 $aSamoan Islands$xForeign relations$zEurope 607 $aEurope$xForeign relations$zSamoan Islands 607 $aSamoan Islands$xHistory 607 $aSamoan Islands$xSocial life and customs 610 $ahistory 610 $acustoms 610 $asocial life 610 $asamoan islands 610 $aforeign relations 610 $aeurope 610 $aBougainville Island 610 $aEthnic groups in Europe 610 $aJames Cook 610 $aJean-François de Galaup 610 $acomte de Lapérouse 610 $aPolynesia 610 $aPolynesians 610 $aTahiti 615 7$aHistory 615 7$aAnthropology 676 $a327.961304 700 $aTcherke?zoff$b Serge$0245717 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996199793603316 996 $a"First contacts" in Polynesia$92029354 997 $aUNISA