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Book The Melanesians

Download or read book The Melanesians written by Robert Henry Codrington and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Melanesians

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  • Author : Robert Henry Codrington
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1972
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 419 pages

Download or read book The Melanesians written by Robert Henry Codrington and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Melanesians

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  • Author : Robert Henry Codrington
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 9780243642823
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Melanesians written by Robert Henry Codrington and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Melanesians

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  • Author : Robert Henry Codrington
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2015-06-12
  • ISBN : 9781330285312
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Melanesians written by Robert Henry Codrington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Melanesians: Studies in Their Anthropology and Folk-Lore It has been my endeavour in the following paged to bring together the results of such observations as many years' acquaintance with Melanesian people has enabled me to make. I had once hoped to have been able to give something more like a full account of the beliefs and practices of the natives of those islands concerning which I have had the opportunity of collecting information; but my stay upon my last return to. the Melanesian Mission was too short for this, and I have now to put forth what I know to be very incomplete. My observations and enquiries were carried on, and my notes were made, in the years from 1863, when I first visited the islands, to 1887, when I left the Mission; partly in the Melanesian Islands, but mostly in Norfolk Island, where natives of many of these islands have for many years been brought together for instruction Twice during this period I made with natives of the various islands a systematic enquiry into the religious beliefs and practices of the Melanesians, and the social regulations and conditions prevailing among them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Melanesians

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  • Author : R. H. Codrington
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 419 pages

Download or read book The Melanesians written by R. H. Codrington and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Melanesians  Studies in Their Anthropology and Folklore

Download or read book The Melanesians Studies in Their Anthropology and Folklore written by Robert Henry Codrington and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Melanesians

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  • Author : Robert H. Codrington
  • Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
  • Release : 2014-03
  • ISBN : 9781497824645
  • Pages : 440 pages

Download or read book The Melanesians written by Robert H. Codrington and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1891 Edition.

Book The Melanesians

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  • Author : Robert Henry Codrington
  • Publisher : Nabu Press
  • Release : 2014-02
  • ISBN : 9781293719916
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book The Melanesians written by Robert Henry Codrington and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Book The Melanesians

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  • Author : Codrington R. H.
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1972
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Melanesians written by Codrington R. H. and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions

Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions written by Gerald H. Anderson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book also features cross-references throughout, a bibliography accompanying each entry, an elaborate appendix listing biographies according to particular categories of interest, and a comprehensive index."--BOOK JACKET.

Book An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia

Download or read book An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia written by Paul Sillitoe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia is intended for undergraduate anthropology students with some grounding in the issues and ideas that inform the discipline, and for courses in Pacific Studies. Each chapter focuses on a topic common to many cultures in the region, such as the role of so-called Big Men, ancestors, male initiation, and exchange, and these ideas are fleshed out with apt ethnographic examples. Melanesia is a fascinating culture area, and has always been a popular fieldwork site for anthropologists, including W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson. Some of the most important theoretical contributions to the subject were also first formulated with reference to Melanesian studies, and students today still learn much of their basic anthropology from Melanesian examples.

Book MELANESIANS

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  • Author : Robert Henry Codrington
  • Publisher : Wentworth Press
  • Release : 2016-08-27
  • ISBN : 9781363991273
  • Pages : 442 pages

Download or read book MELANESIANS written by Robert Henry Codrington and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia

Download or read book Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia written by Gilbert H. Herdt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality, and it marks the first time that anthropologists have systematically studied cross-cultural variations in homosexual behavior in a non-Western culture area. The book as a whole indicates that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision in light of the Melanesian findings.

Book Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang  Volume 1

Download or read book Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang Volume 1 written by Lang Andrew Lang and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Selected Works of Andrew Lang: Volume 1Anthropology: Fairy Tale, Folklore, the Origins of Religion, Psychical ResearchEdited by Andrew Teverson, Alexandra Warwick and Leigh WilsonThis is the first critical edition of the works of Andrew Lang (1844-1912), the Scottish writer whose enormous output spanned the whole range of late-nineteenth century intellectual culture. Neglected since his death, partly because of the diversity of his interests and the volume of his writing, his cultural centrality and the interdisciplinary nature of his work make him a vital figure for contemporary scholars.This volume covers Lang's wide and influential engagement with the central areas of late nineteenth-century anthropology. Lang made decisive interventions in debates around the meaning of folk tales and the origins of religion, as well as being an important figure in the investigation of spiritualist claims through psychical research. The work reproduced here includes journalism, essays, extracts from books and previously unpublished letters which together articulate and challenge some of the central ideas and discussions of the period, including evolution, the relation between modern and non-modern cultures, the nature of scientific claims to truth, and the consequences of materialism. The volume will provide new and illuminating ways of understanding and assessing the period for scholars across a range of disciplines, including those interested in the histories of the fairy story, of science, of the occult, of colonialism and of anthropology.Key Features: Unpublished archival materialCritical introductions to the major areas of his workFull explanatory notesAndrew Teverson is Professor of English Literature and Associate Dean for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University, London. His research centres on the use and meaning of fairy tales, and he has published both on the employment of them in contemporary writing and on the historical development of the form. He is the author of Fairy Tale (Routledge, 2013).Alexandra Warwick is Professor of English Studies and Head of the Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster. Her research is on Victorian culture, in particular the fin de sicle. Leigh Wilson is Reader in Modern Literature in the Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster. Her research focuses on modernism, on the place of supernatural and occult beliefs and practices in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and on the contemporary British novel. She is the author of Modernism and Magic: Experiments with Spiritualism, Theosophy and the Occult (EUP, 2013).

Book From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and Anthropology

Download or read book From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and Anthropology written by Bruce M. Knauft and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What have anthropologists taught us about Melanesia -- one of anthropology's most important and intensively studied world regions? In this book, Professor Bruce Knauft draws together and critically reanalyzes what we know about major features of Melanesian cultural history, warfare and politics, gender, bodily practices, and spirituality as discerned from more than a century of academic study. From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and Anthropology is arguably the most comprehensive single reassessment of Melanesia as an ethnographic world area to have been published in several decades. Written for students as well as professional scholars, this work further broadens our understanding by analyzing the history of Melanesian ethnography and relating this history to the larger relationship between Melanesia as a contemporary world area and anthropology as a field of contemporary human study.

Book A History of France

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  • Author : George William Kitchin
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1903
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 606 pages

Download or read book A History of France written by George William Kitchin and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines written by Patricia Monaghan, PhD and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2014-04-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan’s vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition.