Chiefdoms and chieftancies in Fiji. Yesterday and today
One cannot properly speak of Fijian chiefdoms in the singular, so closely is the definition bound up with spatial and temporal configurations as well as with the status of the speakers in Fijian society. There exists nevertheless an idealized version of the chiefdom, transmitted not only by colonia...
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Journal de la société des océanistes
2016
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | One cannot properly speak of Fijian chiefdoms in the singular, so closely is the definition bound up with spatial and temporal configurations as well as with the status of the speakers in Fijian society. There exists nevertheless an idealized version of the chiefdom, transmitted not only by colonial administrators, historians and anthropologists (Roth, Scarr, Geddes) but also by certain contemporary Fijians, often from chiefly families. They see the chief as a condition sine qua non of villa... |
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