Making Sense of Micronesia: The Logic of Pacific Island Culture

Even as the author maps the cultural terrain of Micronesia, he identifies those areas where island logic and the demands of the modern world conflict: the "dilemmas of development." In some cases, changes are being made; in others, the very features of island culture that were highly funct...

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1. Verfasser: Hezel, Francis X. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [2013]
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Zusammenfassung:Even as the author maps the cultural terrain of Micronesia, he identifies those areas where island logic and the demands of the modern world conflict: the "dilemmas of development." In some cases, changes are being made; in others, the very features of island culture that were highly functional in the past may remain so even today. Overall, he advocates restraint—in our judgments on island practices, in our assumption that many of these are dysfunctional, and in leading the charge for "development" before understanding the broader context of the culture we are trying to convert
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Nov 2017)
Beschreibung:1 online resource 16 illus
ISBN:9780824837815

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