The Melanesian World

Herausgeber: Hirsch, Eric; Rollason, Will

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This wide-ranging volume captures the diverse range of societies and experiences that form what has come to be known as Melanesia. It covers prehistoric, historic and contemporary issues, and includes work by art historians, political scientists, geographers and anthropologists. The chapters range from studies of subsistence, ritual and ceremonial exchange to accounts of state violence, new media and climate change. The 'Melanesian world' assembled here raises questions that cut to the heart of debates in the human sciences today, with profound implications for the ways in which scholars across disciplines can describe and understand human difference. This impressive collection of essays represents a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 614
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1044g
• ISBN-13: 9780367730673
• ISBN-10: 0367730677
• Artikelnr.: 69893752

Autorenporträt

Eric Hirsch is a Reader in Anthropology at Brunel University London, UK. He has a long-standing interest in the ethnography and history of Papua New Guinea. Will Rollason is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at Brunel University London, UK. His research to date has focused on Papua New Guinea and Rwanda.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the challenge of Melanesia PART ONE: HISTORICAL CONTEXT 2.
The archaeology of Melanesia 3. Melanesia: a region and a history 4.
Missionaries in the Melanesian World PART TWO: GEOPOLITICAL, LINGUISTIC AND
REGIONAL OVERVIEWS 5. Geo-Political Overview of Melanesia 6. Melanesia as a
zone of language diversity 7. Regional Overview: From Diversity to Multiple
Singularities PART THREE: ECONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD 8. Subsistence food
production in Melanesia 9. Class, Labour, and Consumption in Urban
Melanesia 10. Money Schemes in Contemporary Melanesia 11. Cash Crops and
Markets 12. Searching for Melanesian Urbanity PART FOUR: GOVERNMENT,
POLITICS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 13. Sovereignty, Civil Conflict and
Ethnicity 14. Local Government and Politics: Forms and Aspects of Authority
15. Security Governance in Melanesia - Police, Prisons and Crime 16. Gender
Relations and Human Rights in Melanesia 17. Health, Institutions and
Governance in Melanesia 18. Owning the Law in Melanesia PART FIVE:
RELIGION, CHURCH, RITUAL AND EXCHANGE PRACTICES 19. 'Witchcraft' and
'Sorcery' in Melanesia 20. Charismatic Churches, Revivalism and New
Religious Movements 21. Cargo Cult Post Mortem 22. Big men, ceremonial
exchange and lifecycle events 23. Interpreting initiation in Melanesia:
Past and present PART SIX: ART, MATERIAL CULTURE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE 24.
Museums and Cultural Centres in Melanesia: a series of experiments 25.
Creation and Destruction in Melanesian Material Culture 26. Contemporary
Art in Melanesia. From Grass Roots to National Identity? 27. Melanesian
worlds of music and dance 28. The Melanesian World of Paradise Tourism:
Reflections on time, travel and cultural performance PART SEVEN:
DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES 29. Places and Paths in Melanesian Landscapes 30.
Extractive Industries in Melanesia 31. Climate Change in the Islands and
the Highlands: Melanesian Manifestations, Experiences and Actions 32.
Western conservation in Melanesia: Biodiversity conservation for whom, by
whom, and according to whom? 33. New Media, New Melanesia? Afterword