New mana : transformations of a classic concept in Pacific languages and cultures /

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"'Mana', a term denoting spiritual power, is found in many Pacific Islands languages. In recent decades, the term has been taken up in New Age movements and online fantasy gaming. In this book, 16 contributors examine mana through ethnographic, linguistic, and historical lenses to und...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Tomlinson, Matt, 1970- (Editor), Tengan, Ty P. Kāwika, 1975- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, [2016]
Series:Monographs in anthropology series.
Subjects:
Mana > History.
Mana > Pacific Area.
Mana > Pacifique, Région du.
Mana > Histoire.
Anthropology.
Australasian and Pacific history.
History.
Humanities.
Language.
Regional and national history.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
Mana
Pacific Area
Pacific languages
spiritual power
cultural heritage
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : mana anew / Matt Tomlinson and Ty P. Kāwika Tengan
  • Mana Hawaiʻi : an examination of political uses of the word mana in Hawaiian / Noenoe K. Silva
  • Tha mana of Kū : Indigenous nationhood, masculinity and authority in Hawaiʻi / Ty P. Kāwika Tengan
  • Bodies permeable and divine : Tapu, Mana and the embodiment of hegemony in pre-Christian Tonga / Andy Mills
  • Niu mana, sport, media and the Australian diaspora / Katerina Martina Teaiwa
  • Mana, power and "pawa" in the Pacific and beyond / Alan Rumsey
  • Mana on the move : why empirical anchorage trumps philosophical drift / Thorgeir Kolshus
  • "Press the button, Mama!" : mana and Christianity on Makira, Solomon Islands / Aram Oroi
  • The state of mana, the mana of the state / Alexander Mawyer
  • Theologies of mana and sau in Fiji / Matt Tomlinson and Sekove Bigitibau
  • Claiming pule, manifesting mana : ordinary ethics and Pentecostal self-making in Samoa / Jessica Hardin
  • Mana for a new age / Rachel Morgain
  • How mana left the Pacific and became a video game mechanic / Alex Golub and Jon Peterson
  • Afterword : shape-shifting mana : travels in space and time / Niko Besnier and Margaret Jolly.

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