TextSeries: ASAO studies in pacific anthropology ; Volume 5.Publisher: New York : Berghahn, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches -- one the size of two football fields -- were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced oppressive laws and courts, which the youth resisted through seasonal displays of revelry and tattooing. Seeking an answer to why this event occurred in the way that it did, this book introduces and demonstrates an alternative "practice history" that draws on the work of Marshall Sahlins and employs Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, improvisation and practical logic.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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