Bøger i Pacific Islands Monograph Series serien
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- 343,95 kr.
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- Dialogues between Culture and Theology in the Pacific
378,95 - 973,95 kr. Christian theologians in the Pacific Islands see culture as the grounds on which one understands God. In this groundbreaking book, Matt Tomlinson engages in an anthropological conversation with the work of ""contextual theologians,"" exploring how the combination of Pacific Islands' culture and Christianity shapes theological dialogues.
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- 378,95 kr.
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- An Intellectual Biography
668,95 kr. Jean-Marie Tjibaou is arguably the most important post-World War II Oceanic leader. This biography of the Kanak (New Caledonia) leader takes a chronological approach to his life - from his beginnings in the mountains of northern New Caledonia and his studies at the Sorbonne to his leadership of the independence movement in the Territory.
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- 668,95 kr.
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- Bog
- 718,95 kr.
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- Ways of Being and Place in Vanuatu
633,95 kr. A ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island, a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu's first prime minister. It explores Raga social, spatial, and historical consciousness. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies.
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- 633,95 kr.
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- The Covenant between the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States
658,95 kr. In 1975, after three centuries of colonial rule, the people of the Northern Marianas exercised their right of self-determination to become US citizens in a self-governing commonwealth under U.S. sovereignty. This title is an account of their tenacious efforts to shape a political future.
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- 658,95 kr.
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- A Musical Ethnography of Taku Atoll, Papua New Guinea
678,95 kr. Taku is arguably the only location where traditional Polynesian religion is practiced. This book explores the many ways in which spirit activities impact on both domestic and ritual life, how group singing and dancing give audible and visible expression to a variety of religious beliefs, and how spirit mediums relay songs and dances from the dead.
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- 678,95 kr.
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- Crime and Politics in Papa New Guinea
433,95 kr. Twenty-five years after independence, Papa New Guinea is beset by social, economic, and political problems: poverty and inequality, and corruption and rising crime, for example. This work examines these problems of order in light of Papa New Guinea's social diversity.
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- 433,95 kr.
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- 388,95 kr.
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- A Century of Colonial Rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands
446,95 kr. This is a summary of colonial rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands.
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- 446,95 kr.