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Nights of storytelling : a cultural history of Kanaky-New Caledonia /
Nights of Storytelling is the first book to present and contextualize the founding texts of New Caledonia, a country sui generis in the relatively little-known French Pacific. Extracts from literary, ethnographic, and historical works in English translation introduce the many voices of a diverse cul...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Kanak (Hi)Stories
- 1. Origins and Orality
- Myth of Tee Kanake
- Beginning of the World
- Story of Mount Mou and Mount Karikate
- 2. Pathways and Interconnections
- Legend of Fire and the Lizard-God
- Child Who Came Out of a Tree
- Master of Kone
- Kaapo Ciinyii
- Dui Dupaan and the Daughter of the Great Ocean
- 3. Cultural Initiation
- Blind Dancer
- Child and His Grandmother
- Tado-Tado
- Sparrowhawk and the Swallow
- Tibo and Her Child
- 4. Transformations: The Dynamic Nature of Kanak Oral Traditions
- Stockmen
- Rat and the Octopus
- Bigne and Jola
- Idara, the Prophetess
- Caledonian Novel / P. Lambert
- pt. II Exploration and First Contact
- 5. James Cook: A Positive Account of Balade, New Caledonia, 1774
- Cook's Arrival at Balade
- Pig Incident
- Tools and Weapons
- Modesty of the Women
- 6. Forsters: Cook's Philosophers Abroad
- Description of Women
- Temperament of the People
- Women
- Pig Incident
- Systems of Government
- 7. D'Entrecasteaux: A Negative Account of Balade, 1792
- Seeking Information in the Footsteps of La Perouse
- Assessment of the State of the People
- Leaving Balade
- 8. La Billardiere: Observations of a French Naturalist
- Expedition's Progress
- Cannibalism
- Chiefly Authority
- Theft
- 9. Nineteenth-Century Perspectives
- Land and Land Ownership / E. Deplanche
- Character of the New Caledonians / E. Deplanche
- Political Organisation / E. Deplanche
- Description of the People / L. Thiercelin
- Ownership of Coconuts / L. Thiercelin
- pt. III Early Texts: Missionaries, Settlers, Convicts, and Kanak
- 10. Colonial Representations of Kanak Culture
- Waterfall / G. Baudoux
- Horror Stories / G. Baudoux
- Kaavo / G. Baudoux
- That Old Tchiao / G. Baudoux
- Poindi and the Eel / J. Mariotti
- 11. Portraits of Colonial Society
- Dinner Party / P.M. Nervat
- Four Seasons / J. Mariotti
- Kanak in Noumea / A. Laubreaux
- 12. Living in the Bush
- Kanak School / M. Le Goupils
- Idyll / P. Bloc
- Struggles of a Small Landholder / J. Mariotti
- Simple Story / J. Mariotti
- 13. Women's Lives
- Daily Life
- Naomi: A Kanak Woman's Life
- 14. Voice of the Other
- Letter from a Kanak Chief in Exile / Deteane
- Secrets of a Cannibal / P. Bloc
- pt. IV Modern Period: From Colonial New Caledonia to the Kanaky-New Caledonia of the Noumea Agreement (1998)
- 15. From Colonial Regimes to Their Contestation (1870-1946)
- Language / M. Leenhardt
- 16. Rewriting Colonial History: Transitions to Modernity (1946-2006)
- Violent Land / J. Senes
- Pilou-Pilou: Straw Hats / J. Vanmai
- Justine or In Love with a Straw Hat / C. Regent
- Day at Work in the Mine / J. Vanmai
- Call of the Fatherland / J. Vanmai
- Caledonian Pastoral / I. Kurtovitch
- Boghen Station / C. Jacques
- Colonial Stereotypes / A. Bensa
- Exclusion Strategy / A. Bensa
- "Collective" Property / A. Bensa
- Precise Rules / A. Bensa
- 17. Kanak Rewriting of Colonial History
- Writing / D. Gorode
- Creation / D. Gorode
- Where Are You Going Muu? / D. Gorode
- Ferryman / D. Gorode
- 18. Recovering Custom
- My School of Silence / W. Gorode
- Calling of the Clans / J.M. Tjibaou
- Grandfather's House / D. Gorode
- Kanak Apple Season / D. Gorode
- I Wea(the)r Time / D. Gorode
- 19. Cultural Politics of Independence
- Dawn Serenade / D. Gorode
- Day after Day / D. Gorode
- Word of Struggle / D. Gorode
- It's High Time / W. Walepane
- Homeland of Our Fathers / J.M. Tjibaou
- 20. Critique of Custom
- Kanak Reserves / D. Gorode
- Questions / D. Gorode
- Land / D. Gorode
- Custom / D. Gorode
- Magic Spells / D. Gorode
- It's a Sign of the Times / D. Gorode
- Love and Other Catastrophes / D. Gorode
- Women / D. Gorode
- Wreck / D. Gorode
- Life in Red, White and Blue / Nilde
- Where Is Justice? / P. Gope
- 21. Writing Together
- Independence / N. Kurtovitch
- Land / N. Kurtovitch
- Being / N. Kurtovitch
- Gods Are One-Eyed / N. Kurtovitch
- Being with the Other / D. Gorode
- Roots / D. Gorode
- Tropical Town / D. Gorode
- Netted / D. Gorode
- Waste Land / D. Gorode
- Old Nick / L. Gourdon
- Waiting-Room Heroes / F. Ohlen
- 22. Metissage and Cultural Hybridity
- Black Mare / C. Jacques
- At the Water's Edge / N. Kurtovitch
- Jacques' Garden / N. Kurtovitch
- Special Guest / N. Kurtovitch
- Night of Storytelling / N. Kurtovitch
- Paris My Tribu, Paris My Village / W. Ihage
- This Land / C. Laurent
- Kenake 2000 / D. Gorode
- Migratory Bird / D. Gorode
- New Generation / D. Pourawa
- Sleeping Beauty / P. Wamo
- Traditional Amnesia / P. Wamo.