Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific
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Australian National University
Author_Nicholas Thomas
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Bernard Narokobi
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Christianity and cultural change
Common Language
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Cook Islands
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customary law analysis
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Dobu Island
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gender and hierarchy studies
Held
indigenous identity politics
island
Jeffrey Sissons
jolly
Kastom
margaret
Matai
Melanesian Identity
Milne Bay Province
Missionary Hero
narokobi
Nation Building
National Youth Council
Pacific historiography
Party Nationalism
postcolonial anthropology
Samoan Historical
Solomon Islands
Southern Highlands
Southern Highlands Province
transformation of national identity Pacific
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Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Western Samoa
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- ISBN 9789057020858
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Mar 1997
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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It is striking that in many Pacific nations, 'national' narratives are subordinate to other fundamental historical imaginings, such as those concerning local political dynasties and conversion to Christianity. While leaders in Pacific states have frequently sought to legitimate new nations through local 'tradition' and 'custom', these constructions of identity frequently mask divisions arising from gender, hierarchy, and other social relationships. These studies from Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa and the Cook Islands add much to our knowledge of historical imaginings and contemporary culture in the Pacific, but raise wider questions concerning the current transformation of national identities.
