Download or read book Dancing Spirit Love and War written by Evadne Kelly and published by University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meke, a traditional rhythmic dance accompanied by singing, signifies an important piece of identity for Fijians. Despite its complicated history of colonialism, racism, censorship, and religious conflict, meke remained a vital part of artistic expression and culture. Evadne Kelly performs close readings of the dance in relation to an evolving landscape, following the postcolonial reclamation that provided dancers with political agency and a strong sense of community that connected and fractured Fijians worldwide. Through extensive archival and ethnographic fieldwork in both Fiji and Canada, Kelly offers key insights into an underrepresented dance form, region, and culture. Her perceptive analysis of meke will be of interest in dance studies, postcolonial and Indigenous studies, anthropology and performance ethnography, and Pacific Island studies.

Download or read book Sociologists and Music written by Paul Honigsheim and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociologists have always been fascinated with music. In one way or another they have encountered music as an important social force in its own right, as an accompaniment or byproduct of phenomena they studied (such as youth culture or the drug scene), or as a means for obtaining social compliance (as in religious ceremonies or in the military). This book goes one step toward remedying this situation by culling the existing literature for building blocks toward introducing sociological synthesis and by presenting the English version of the extensive writings on music and society by Paul Honigsheim.

Download or read book Austronesian Soundscapes written by Birgit Abels and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birgit Abels is a cultural musicologist with a primary specialization in the music of the Pacific and Southeast Asian islands. --

Download or read book Le Pacifique Sud written by Frédéric Angleviel and published by Presses Univ de Bordeaux. This book was released on 1991 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Acquisition List written by University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Pacific Collection and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians written by Stanley Sadie and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Multiculturalisme et identit en litt rature et en art written by Université de Polynésie Française and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le multiculturalisme est une réalité, une « fatalité » liée au Nouveau Monde : le colonialisme l’a créé en Amérique, en Afrique, dans les espaces du Pacifique. Le multiculturalisme est aussi une conquête, une victoire sur une volonté coloniale d’assimilation ou de développement séparé foncièrement inégalitaire. Mais une société peut-elle vivre démocratiquement en intégrant plusieurs communautés, plusieurs cultures ? La production esthétique est, bien évidemment, le lieu social de ce questionnement. C’est l’objectif de cette étude.

Download or read book Music cultures in Contact written by Margaret J. Kartomi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book This is Not a Grass Skirt written by Karen Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on fibre skirts (liku) and associated tattooing (veiqia) worn by indigenous Fijian women in the nineteenth century, highlighting the link between clothing and the adorned human body and the ongoing relevance of museum collections and archives.

Download or read book Developments in Polynesian Ethnology written by Robert Borofsky and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development in Polynesian Ethnology assesses the current state of anthropological research in Polynesia by examining the debates and issues that shape the discipline today. What have anthropologists achieved? What concerns now dominate discussion? Where is Polynesian anthropology headed? In a series of provocative and original essays, leading scholars examine prehistory, social organization, socialization and character development, mana and tapu, chieftainship, art and aesthetics, and early contact. Together these essays show how history, anthropology, and archaeology have combined to give a broad understanding of Polynesian societies developing over time--how they represent a blend of modernity and tradition, continuity and change. This book is both an introduction to Polynesia for interested students and a thought-provoking synthesis for scholars charting new directions and posing possibilities for future research. Scholars outside Polynesian studies will find the perspectives it offers important and its comprehensive bibliography an invaluable resource.

Download or read book Wild Dogs Under My Skirt written by Tusiata Avia and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Dogs Under My Skirt (2004), Tusiata Avia's first collection of poetry, draws on two different cultures and charts the sometimes painful points of their intersection. These poems are both confrontational and entertaining, raw and lyrical, they occupy legend and history - yet break through into an urban landscape that is just as arresting and richly patterned. Avia's poetry is alive with the energy and rhythm of performance poetry and an oral tradition, but it also stakes out a unique physical life on the page, reshaping our language and our understanding of New Zealand culture.~~'Tusiata's poetry is quite revolutionary in the sense that, not only does it define the face of Pacific literature in New Zealand, but it redefines the face of New Zealand literature itself.' - Sia Figiel~--Book Cover.

Download or read book From Election to Coup in Fiji written by Jon Fraenkel and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 2007 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In May 2006 Fiji held its tenth general election since independence in 1970. In a country with an unenviable history of electoral trauma, the mood was apprehensive - not least because of controversial public statements against the incumbent Qarase government being made by the commander of Fiji's military forces. Despite a record number of parties and candidates, the winners were the heavily church-backed SDL, the party of choice of the majority of indigenous Fijians; and the Fiji Labour Party, the party preferred by most Indo-Fijians. Although the result was ethnically polarized, for the first time in Fijian history the successful candidates came together to share power in a constitutionally ordained multiparty Cabinet, with Qarase retaining the prime ministership. But the fragile collaboration was short-lived. On 5 December, Commodore Bainimarama ordered a military take-over, ousting the elected government and replacing it with an 'interim' government of his choice. With contributions from ex-Vice President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, leader of the Fiji Labour Party and now interim Minister for Finance Mahendra Chaudhry, and an impressive array of leading commentators on Fijian affairs, this book provides a comprehensive, penetrating analysis of the lead-up to, the outcome and the aftermath of Fiji's historic 2006 election - including the December coup. Shedding light on the complex weave of traditional chiefly systems, race relations, economics, constitutionality, the military ethos and religion, From Election to Coup in Fiji is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Fiji, the South Pacific and the politics of divided societies."--Publisher.