Women of the Place is a study of gender relations in the kastom communities of South Pentecost, Vanuatu. It considers kastom in these communities not as an eternal tradition, but rather as a way of life, an identity in relation, and in resistance to the forces of European development. The way in which Christian missions, the labour trade, and the development of Western political institutions had a divergent impact on women and men is explored. The relations between persons and things is highlighted in an examination of the myths and rituals of the life-cycle and of grade-taking. The significance of this ritual is located in the context of colonial history, particularly the impact of pacification on men. Finally, the book considers more generally kastom and gender in the post-colonial state.
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There are the words of Bumangari Kaon, an influential leader of the kastom villages of south east Pentecost in the early seventies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kastom people, kastom villages, kastom communities, mol grades, sal payments, kastom adherents, labour trips, tusk development, wild kava, graded society, graded man, penis wrapper, bark belt, slit gongs, close agnates, wild taro, long yams, dancing ground, yam harvest, labour recruiting, tusked boars, taro cultivation, labour recruiters, rigid sexual division, yam gardens Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Church of Christ, Baie Barrier, Point Cross, Baie Homo, Baie Martelli, Melanesian Mission, Meleun Tamat, New Guinea Highlands, Van Trease, Marilyn Strathern, New Caledonia, World War, Joint Court New!
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There are the words of Bumangari Kaon, an influential leader of the kastom villages of south east Pentecost in the early seventies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kastom people, kastom villages, kastom communities, mol grades, sal payments, kastom adherents, labour trips, tusk development, wild kava, graded society, graded man, penis wrapper, bark belt, slit gongs, close agnates, wild taro, long yams, dancing ground, yam harvest, labour recruiting, tusked boars, taro cultivation, labour recruiters, rigid sexual division, yam gardens Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Church of Christ, Baie Barrier, Point Cross, Baie Homo, Baie Martelli, Melanesian Mission, Meleun Tamat, New Guinea Highlands, Van Trease, Marilyn Strathern, New Caledonia, World War, Joint Court New!
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- Big Men and Great Men: Personifications of Power in Melanesia by Maurice Godelier in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Toward Anthropology of Women by Rayna R. Reiter in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- New Guinea (World's Wild Places) by Roy D. Mackay in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll on page 173, and Back Matter
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- Maternities and Modernities: Colonial and Postcolonial Experiences in Asia and the Pacific by Kalpana Ram in Front Matter, and page 210
- Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies) by Anne-Marie Hilsdon in Front Matter, and page 145
- Wayward Women: Sexuality and Agency in a New Guinea Society by Holly Wardlow in Back Matter
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