Transformations of Polynesian Culture
Author | : Antony Hooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1985 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015019067845 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Transformations of Polynesian Culture written by Antony Hooper and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4e de couv.: The essays in this volume exemplify a new synthesis emerging in Polynesian studies, based upon insights derived from structuralism. Working with the indigenous idioms of myth, genealogy, ritual, philosophy and history, the authors isolate common elements of Polynesian cultural theory and show how the structures variously constructed from them persist and recur in a variety of transformations in societies widely separated from one another both in time and space.