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THE MAKING OF GLOBAL AND LOCAL MODERNITIES IN MELANESIA
HUMILIATION, TRANSFORMATION AND THE NATURE OF CULTURAL CHANGE |
| By: |
Holly Wardlow, Joel Robbins (Editor), Dr Pamela J. Stewart |
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Hardback |
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£130.00 |
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£117.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0754643123 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754643128 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 July, 2005 |
| Series: |
Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific |
| Pages: |
246 |
| Description: |
Examining the kinds of efforts that have been made to adopt Western modernity in Melanesia, this work also explores the reasons for their varied outcomes. Taking up Professor Marshall Sahlins' work as a starting point, it acknowledges importance of his ideas, while refining and critiquing them with a knowledge of Pacific island societies. |
| Synopsis: |
Authored by well-established and respected scholars, this work examines the kinds of efforts that have been made to adopt Western modernity in Melanesia and explores the reasons for their varied outcomes. The contributors take the work of Professor Marshall Sahlins as a starting point, assessing his theories of cultural change and of the relationship between cultural intensification and globalizing forces. They acknowledge the importance of Sahlins' ideas, while refining, extending, modifying and critiquing them in light of their own first hand knowledge of Pacific island societies. Also presenting one of Sahlins' less widely available original essays for reference, this book is an exciting contribution to serious anthropological engagement with Papua New Guinea. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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Returnable |
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