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Oral Traditions of Anuta : A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands.
Title:
Oral Traditions of Anuta : A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands.
Author:
Feinberg, Richard.
ISBN:
9780195355475
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Motikitiki the Trickster and the Creation of Anuta -- 3 Peopling the Island -- 4 Early Invasions Are Repulsed -- 5 Pu Raatu Goes to War in Tonga -- 6 The Chiefly Brethren's First Battle -- 7 Extermination of Anuta's Population and the Origin of the Four 'Clans' -- 8 War with Tikopia -- 9 Beginnings of the House of Pangatau -- 10 Adventures of Pu Rotomua -- 11 Love and War: Relations with Rotuma -- 12 Creation of a Second Chief and an Invasion from Tuvalu -- 13 The Warrior Friends: Pu Nevaneva and Pu Tokerau -- 14 Contacts of the Early European Period -- 15 The Dawn of a New Era -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Feinberg compiles historical narratives from the island of Anuta, an isolated and largely traditional community in the eastern Solomon Islands. He includes both the original texts and the translations, and his annotations provide essential ethnographic and historical context that clarify linguistic and cultural issues.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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