Changing contexts, shifting meanings : transformations of cultural traditions in Oceania /

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"This book sheds new light on processes of cultural transformation at work in Oceania and analyzes them as products of interrelationships between culturally created meanings and specific contexts. In a series of inspiring essays, noted scholars of the region examine these interrelationships for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hermann, Elfriede (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press in association with the Honolulu Academy of Arts, ©2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Temas:
Pacific Islanders > Congresses.
Social change > Oceania > Congresses.
Océaniens > Congrès.
HISTORY > Oceania.
Civilization.
Pacific Islanders.
Social change.
Kulturwandel
Sozialer Wandel
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Identität
Oceania > Civilization > Congresses.
Oceania.
Ozeanien
Electronic books.
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book sheds new light on processes of cultural transformation at work in Oceania and analyzes them as products of interrelationships between culturally created meanings and specific contexts. In a series of inspiring essays, noted scholars of the region examine these interrelationships for insight into how cultural traditions are shaped on an ongoing basis."--Publisher's information.
Notas:Papers from a symposium sponsored by the Honolulu Academy of Arts, held Feb. 23-26, 2006, in conjunction with the exhibition Life in the Pacific of the 1700s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 365 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780824860141
0824860144
9780824870355
0824870352

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