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The paper examines the role of the elite in generating constructions of tradition in present‐day Vanuatu. While stopping short of postulating a ‘conspiracy theory’ interpretation, the paper does argue that the proto‐bureaucratic 'class' is attempting to gain control over a symbolic code derived from traditional practices (kastom) so as to promote social cohesion and establish a civil polity. The negative case of kava, a symbol of traditional culture which was significantly not included in this corpus is discussed at

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb01274.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

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It has become dogma among cultural anthropologists that genealogies are primarily political documents which do not necessarily give reliable accounts of actual biological relationships. This paper examines this assertion in the light of social and serological evidence from one small Polynesian society. It is shown that, within certain limits, Tokelau genealogies do give accurate accounts of biological relationships, and provide a sound basis for interdisciplinary studies which cross the interface between biological and social systems.

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb01275.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb01276.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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Game capture in nets was a common practice in many parts of Aboriginal Australia. The nets used for this purpose varied considerably in size and form, were employed in a variety of environ mental settings and were applied to the procurement of a major proportion of the terrestrial, aquatic and avian prey species available on the continent. Because net hunting was so prevalent among hunter‐gatherers around the world, Aboriginal net hunting can be regarded as an Australian manifestation of a worldwide phenomeno

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb01277.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

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Control of Land and Labour in Colonial Java. By Jan BremanJavanese Peasants and the Colonial Sugar Industry. By R.E. Elson

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb01278.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb01279.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:The Garia: An Ethnography of a Traditional Cosmic System in Papua New Guinea. By Peter LawrenceTalk Never Dies: The Language of Huli Disputes. By Laurence GoldmanThe First Taint of Civilization. A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre‐Colonial Days, 1521–1885. By Francis X. HezelThe Island States of the Pacific and Indian Ocean: Anatomy of Development. Edited by R.T. ShandMicronationalist Movements in Papua New Guinea. Edited by R.J. MayThe Political Economy of Fiji, Jay NarayanThe Lost World of Irian Jaya. By Robert MittonThe Filipino Nation. Edited by Jim HaskinsTongan Society at the time of Captain Cook's Visits: Discussions with Her Majesty Queen Salote Tupou. By Elizabeth Bott with the assistance of TaviSexual Antagonism, Gender, and Social Change in Papua New Guinea. Edited by Fitz John P. Poole and Gilbert H. HerdtSorcery and Social Change in Melanesia. Edited by Marty Zelenietz and Shirley LindenbaumSexual Meanings: The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality. Edited by S.B. Orner and H. Whitehead.Muslim Women. Edited by Freda HussainWomen In Islamic Societies: Social Attitudes and Historical Perspectives. By Bo UtasMothering in Greece: From Collectivism to Individualism. By Mariella DoumanisMother Worship: Theme and Variations. By James J. PrestonMothers At Work. Public Policies in the United States, Sweden, and China. By Carolyn Teich Adams and Kathryn Teich WinstonLanguage‐The Loaded Weapon. The use and abuse of language today. By Dwight BolingerThe History of the Fijian Languages. By Paul A. GeraghtyA Grammar of Manam. By Frantisek LichtenberkEthnography and language in Educational Settings. Edited by Judith Green and Cynthia WallatLanguage Planning: An Introduction. By Carol M. EastmanThe Ethnography of Communication. An Introduction. By Muriel Saville‐TroikeForms of Talk. By Erving GoffmanNative Language and Foreign Language Acquisition. Edited by Harris WinitzRacism and Colonialism. Essays on Ideology and Social Structure. Edited by Robert RossVillage Communities and the State. Changing Relations Among the Maka of South‐Eastern Cameroon since the Colonial Conquest. By Peter GeschiereOld Modes of Production and Capitalist Encroachment. Edited by Wim van Binsbergen and Peter GeschiereWorship and Conflict under Colonial Rule. A South Indian Case. By Arjun Appadurai.Development and Underdevelopment in Historical Perspective: Populism, Nationalism and Industrialization. By Gavin KitchingCulture and Sericulture. Social Anthropology and Development in South Indian Livestock Industry. By S.R. CharsleyEssays on Linguistics. Language, Systems and Structures. By Members of the Institute of Li

ISSN:0025-2328    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb01280.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY