First contacts in Polynesia : the Samoan case (1722-1848) : western misunderstanding about sexuality and divinity /

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"This book explores the first encounters between Samoans and Europeans up to the arrival of the missionaries, using all available sources for the years 1722 to the 1830s, paying special attention to the first encounter on land with the Lapérouse expedition. Many of the sources used are French,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tcherkezoff, Serge
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU E Press, 2008.
Edición:New ed.
Temas:
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries > Australia & Pacific Islands > Oceania.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Diplomatic relations
Manners and customs
Kulturkontakt
Sexualität
Samoan Islands > Foreign relations > Europe.
Europe > Foreign relations > Samoan Islands.
Samoan Islands > History.
Samoan Islands > Social life and customs.
Samoa (Archipel) > Relations extérieures > Europe.
Europe > Relations extérieures > Samoa (Archipel)
Samoa (Archipel) > Histoire.
Samoa (Archipel) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Europe
Samoan Islands
Samoainseln
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One: the Samoan discovery of Europeans (1722-1848). June 1722, the Dutch 'discovery' by Jacob Roggeveen
  • May 1768, the French 'discovery' by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
  • December 1787, Lapérouse: first incursion on land
  • Lapérouse, the Ignoble Savage, and the Europeans as 'spirits'
  • The turn of the century: from Edward Edwards (1791) to Otto von Kotzebue (1824)
  • Commercial vessels. Another French visit: Lafond de Lurcy
  • The late 1830s: Dumont d'Urville and Wilkes; Jackson and Erskine
  • Part Two: Methodological comparisons. 'On the boat of Tangaroa'. Humanity and divinity in Polynesian-European first contacts: a reconsideration
  • Sacred cloth and sacred women. On cloth, gifts and nudity in Tahitian first contacts: a culture of 'wrapping-in'
  • The Papālagi ('Europeans') and the Sky. Etymology and divinity, linguistic and anthropological dialogue
  • Conclusion: Ethnohistory-in-the-field.

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