Hahalis and the Labour of Love : A Social Movement on Buka Island, Hardcover by Rimoldi, Max; Rimoldi, Eleanor, ISBN 0854967044, ISBN-13 9780854967049, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book studies the Hahalis Welfare Society, a Bougainville movement which worked for many years to maintain and reform traditional practices and to retain a degree of autonomy in a world of rapid political change and economic dependency. The first extended ethnography of Buka published in nearly sixty years, this book will be of particular interest to Melanesian specialists.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-100854967044
ISBN-139780854967049
eBay Product ID (ePID)797561
Product Key Features
Book TitleHahalis and the Labour of Love : a Social Movement on Buka Island
Number of Pages328 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Work, Demography, Anthropology / General, Oceania
Publication Year1992
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorEleanor Rimoldi, Max Rimoldi
Book SeriesExplorations in Anthropology Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN91-016301
Dewey Edition20
Reviews'A frustrating lacuna in the literature of social movements in Melanesia has finally been filled, and with undeniable authority.' Research in Melanesia, "A frustrating lacuna in the literature of social movements in Melanesia has finally been filled, and with undeniable authority." -- Research in Melanesia, A frustrating lacuna in the literature of social movements in Melanesia has finally been filled, and with undeniable authority., 'A frustrating lacuna in the literature of social movements in Melanesia has finally been filled, and with undeniable authority.'Research in Melanesia, "A frustrating lacuna in the literature of social movements in Melanesia has finally been filled, and with undeniable authority." --Research in Melanesia
Dewey Decimal995.3
Table Of ContentContents: Introduction - Social Movements - The Political Focus of Communities of Production - Baton for Baton: Retribution and New Stances - Power and the Person: The Negotiation of Nitsunono - Custom and Law: A Quick Blow - Coming Outside and Politics Within - Judgement for Judgement: Baru Bibliography
SynopsisThis book studies the Hahalis Welfare Society, a Bougainville movement which worked for many years to maintain and reform traditional practices and to retain a degree of autonomy in a world of rapid political change and economic dependency., This book studies the Hahalis Welfare Society, a Bougainville movement which worked for many years to maintain and reform traditional practices and to retain a degree of autonomy in a world of rapid political change and economic dependency. The first extended ethnography of Buka published in nearly sixty years, this book will be of particular interest to Melanesian specialists.