Oceania : An Introduction to the Cultures and Identities of Pacific Islanders

Introduction Pamela J. Stewart Andrew Strathern Oceania: An Introduction to the Cultures and Identities of Pacific Islanders 3(4) Acknowledgments 7(1) References 7(4) Part I Andrew Strathern Pamela J. Stewart The South-West Pacific 11(90) Fiji 15(6) Chiefship and Political Change in Fiji 15(3) Medicine and Morality in Fiji 18(3) New Caledonia 21(4) New Caledonia: Chiefship and Historical Change 22(3) Vanuatu 25(4) Status Acquisition in Vanuatu: Art and Power 26(3) The Solomon Islands 29(11) Land and Sea: Historical Changes in Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia 30(3) Exchange and Social Change on Choiseul Island 33(4) Christianity in the Solomon Islands (Kwara'ae) 37(3) New Guinea 40(35) The Asmat of Irian Jaya: Art and Its Changing Meanings 46(3) Sung Ballads from the Hagen and Duna Areas of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea 49(3) The Use of Natural Resources in Papua New Guinea 52(2) Agriculture and Change in the New Guinea Highlands 54(4) Warfare, Exchange, and Gender Relations in New Guinea 58(6) Ancestors and Christianity in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea 64(2) ``Cargo Cults'' and Millenarian Movements as Objects of Study 66(5) Myth and Change (Duna, Papua New Guinea) 71(2) Medicine and Change in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea 73(2) An Overview of Political Problems: The Legacies of Colonial and Post-Colonial Practices in the South-West Pacific 75(4) Photographs 79(10) References 89(12) Part II Richard Feinberg Cluny Macpherson The ``Eastern Pacific'' 101(82) Prehistory 106(2) Polynesian Seafaring 108(6) Subsistence and Expressive Arts 114(3) Central Themes in Polynesian Culture 117(4) Honor 117(1) Mana 118(1) Tapu 119(1) Aloha 119(2) Descent 121(1) European Contact 121(9) Contemporary Issues 130(9) The Maori of Aotearoa 131(1) European Contact 132(2) The Twentieth Century 134(4) Summary 138(1) Samoa 139(8) Prehistory 139(3) European Contact 142(3) Post-Independence 145(2) Looking toward the Future 147(1) Anuta 147(6) Economic and Religious Conflict 149(2) Rapprochement and Continuing Stress 151(2) Conclusion 153(2) Photographs 155(10) Acknowledgements 165(1) Notes 165(2) References 167(16) Part III Laurence M. Carucci Lin Poyer The West Central Pacific 183(68) Ecology and Society 183(4) Subsistence 185(2) Prehistory 187(9) Introduction to the Archaeology of Micronesia 187(1) Western Micronesia 188(2) Eastern Micronesian Prehistory 190(2) Topics in Micronesian Archaeology 192(1) Micronesia's Complex Chiefdoms 193(2) Exchange and Inter-Island Contacts 195(1) Linguistics 196(3) Identity - Carolines and Marianas 199(15) The Mariana Islands 200(1) Guam 201(3) Northern Marianas Islands 204(2) Central Micronesia 206(2) Marshall Islands Identity 208(3) Ritual Practice and the Projection of Local Identity 211(2) Kiribati Identity 213(1) Classic Themes in Micronesian Identity 213(1) The Winds of Change: ``Freedo-Pendence'' and the Global Marketplace 214(6) Banaba 215(1) Bikini (and other S/Pacific Locations: Enewetak, Rongelap, Utedik, and Kwajalein) 216(3) Econ 101, Pohnpeian Style 219(1) Religious Change through History and Revitalization 220(1) Religious Background 220(14) The Introduction of Christianity 220(2) Christianity under Colonial Rule 222(1) The Japanese Era and the Pacific War 223(1) Micronesian Independence and Indigenous Churches 224(2) Religion as Resistance 226(2) Christianity and Cultural Identity 228(2) Reification of Culture and the Politics of Tradition 230(4) Images of the Future 234(3) Photographs 237(6) References 243(8) About the Authors 251(2) Index 253