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Woven Gods : Female Clowns and Power in Rotuma / Vilsoni Hereniko.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific Islands Monographs Series ; 12Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©1995Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780824849993
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Editor's Note -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Prologue: Homeward Bound -- 2 Homemade Entertainment -- 3 The "Feel" of Clowning Around -- 4 Mythologizing Humor and Clowning -- 5 Woman on Top: Why Not? -- 6 Fine Mats and Spirits -- 7 Woven Gods -- 8 Epilogue: Being Rotuman -- Appendix: Comparisons of Theory and Practice -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- OTHER VOLUMES IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS MONOGRAPH SERIES -- THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Summary: “An imaginative and thought-provoking study of clowning in Rotuma, especially of ritual clowning in contexts of marriage ceremonies and the weaving of fine mats. Completely fascinating.” —Canberra Anthropology “A challenge to readers both in its form and content. This book conveys the lively, complex and often hilarious elements, both of daily life and celebratory rituals, as they are expressed in contemporary culture.” —Journal of Intercultural Studies
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780824849993

Frontmatter -- Editor's Note -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Prologue: Homeward Bound -- 2 Homemade Entertainment -- 3 The "Feel" of Clowning Around -- 4 Mythologizing Humor and Clowning -- 5 Woman on Top: Why Not? -- 6 Fine Mats and Spirits -- 7 Woven Gods -- 8 Epilogue: Being Rotuman -- Appendix: Comparisons of Theory and Practice -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- OTHER VOLUMES IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS MONOGRAPH SERIES -- THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

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“An imaginative and thought-provoking study of clowning in Rotuma, especially of ritual clowning in contexts of marriage ceremonies and the weaving of fine mats. Completely fascinating.” —Canberra Anthropology “A challenge to readers both in its form and content. This book conveys the lively, complex and often hilarious elements, both of daily life and celebratory rituals, as they are expressed in contemporary culture.” —Journal of Intercultural Studies

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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