The Polynesian iconoclasm : religious revolution and the seasonality of power / / Jeffrey Sissons

• Autore: Sissons Jeffrey
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Disciplina: 996
• Soggetto topico: Iconoclasm - Polynesia - 19th century; Seasons - Religious aspects; RELIGION / History
• Soggetto geografico: Polynesia Church history
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 o
• Titolo autorizzato: The Polynesian iconoclasm
• ISBN: 1-78238-414-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810254403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ASAO studies in pacific anthropology ; ; Volume 5.