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050 00 $aDU760$b.B6713 1994
082 00 $a995.95$220
100 1 $aBonnemaison, Joël,$d1940-1997.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81147306
240 10 $aDernière île.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94028653
245 14 $aThe tree and the canoe :$bhistory and ethnography of Tanna /$cJoël Bonnemaison ; translated and adapted by Josée Pénot-Demetry.
260 $aHonolulu :$bUniversity of Hawaii Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
263 $a9408
300 $axvii, 368 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSouth Sea books
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 349-358) and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1. The Invaded Archipelago. 1. On the Path to Myth: Quiros's Great Voyage. 2. Happy "Savages"? 3. Wild Contact. 4. The Gospel and the Kingdom. 5. Catholic Peasant Missionaries and Marginal Churches. 6. "Gone with the Wind" -- Pt. 2. Tanna: Stones within Canoes. 7. Isle of Resilience. 8. Enchanted Space. 9. Society of the Stones. 10. Society of the Hawk. 11. At War. 12. The Return of Magic -- Pt. 3. Fighting on the Island. 13. The Pagans' Resistance. 14. John Frum People. 15. The Bible Revisited. 16. Kastom and Nation. 17. The Revolt. 18. The Meaning of Tanna's Kastom. 19. Conclusion: The Men Ples -- Selected Works by Joel Bonnemaison.
520 $aSwooping down on the world like a scythe, westernization has devastated local cultures and made uniformity commonplace. The Pacific islands sustained the shock with a force perhaps unequaled anywhere else in the world. Their limited size and small population, coupled with the violent epidemics that took thousands of lives, lowered Islanders' ability to resist. To keep the external world at bay, they had to create a world of their own.
520 8 $aThis personal observation of Tanna, an island in the southern part of the Vanuatu archipelago, presents an extraordinary case study of cultural resistance. Based on interviews, myths and stories collected in the field, and archival research, The Tree and the Canoe analyzes the resilience of the people of Tanna, who, when faced with an intense form of cultural contact that threatened to engulf them, liberated themselves by re-creating, and sometimes reinventing, their own kastom.
520 8 $aFollowing a lengthy history of Tanna from European contact, the author discusses in detail original creation myths and how Tanna people revived them in response to changes brought by missionaries and foreign governments. The final chapters of the book deal with the violent opposition of part of the island population to the newly established National Unity government.
520 8 $a. Ultimately Tanna's story may well be a living symbol of resistance for people throughout Oceania. Are they truly convinced that the roads constructed by the west are the right ones? Do they not persist in dreaming about their own paths? The study of world cultures can still surprise us, for the tide may be changing.
650 0 $aTanna (Ni-Vanuatu people)$xHistory.
650 0 $aTanna (Ni-Vanuatu people)$xGovernment relations.
650 0 $aTanna (Ni-Vanuatu people)$xCultural assimilation.
650 0 $aHuman geography$zVanuatu.
651 0 $aVanuatu$xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 $aVanuatu$xHistory.
651 0 $aVanuatu$xSocial life and customs.
700 1 $aPénot-Demetry, Josée.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94028668
830 0 $aSouth Sea books.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86747108
852 00 $boff,glx$hDU760$i.B6713 1994