Narratives of nation in the South Pacific
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Narratives of nation in the South Pacific
(Studies in anthropology and history, v. 19)
Harwood Academic, c1997
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-249) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
It is striking that in many Pacific nations, 'national' narratives are subordinate to other fundamental historical imaginings, such as those concerning local political dynasties and conversion to Christianity. While leaders in Pacific states have frequently sought to legitimate new nations through local 'tradition' and 'custom', these constructions of identity frequently mask divisions arising from gender, hierarchy, and other social relationships. These studies from Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa and the Cook Islands add much to our knowledge of historical imaginings and contemporary culture in the Pacific, but raise wider questions concerning the current transformation of national identities.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific ONE The Tyranny of Tradition: Critical Reflections on Nationalist Narratives in the South Pacific TWO After the Tidal Wave': Bernard Narokobi and the Creation of a Melanesian Way THREE Imagining the State, or Tribalism and the Arts of Memory in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea FOUR Commemorating Missionary Heroes: Local Christianity and Narratives of Nationalism FIVE Woman-Nation-State in Vanuatu: Women as Signs and Subjects in the Discourses of Kastom, Modernity and Christianity, SIX Nation or Destination? Cook Islands Nationalism since 1965, SEVEN 'Mornings of the Country': Centering the Nation in Samoan Historical Discourse, EPILOGUE Nations' Endings: From Citizenship to Shopping?
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