TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sissons,Jeffrey
TI  - The Polynesian Iconoclasm: Religious Revolution and the Seasonality of Power 
T2  - ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology
SN  - 9781782384137
U1  - 996 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Iconoclasm
KW  - Polynesia
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Seasons
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - RELIGION / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology (General)
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; Map of Polynesia and Other Pacific Islands --; Introduction: Exploding History --; 1 The Seasonality of Life --; 2 The Mo‘orean Iconoclasm --; 3 Pomare’s Iconoclasm as Seasonal Sacrifice --; 4 More Distant Emulations --; 5 Re-consecrating the World --; 6 Re-binding Societies --; 7 New Tabus and Ancient Pleasures --; 8 History, Habitus and Seasonality --; Appendix --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches — one the size of two football fields — were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced oppressive laws and courts, which the youth resisted through seasonal displays of revelry and tattooing. Seeking an answer to why this event occurred in the way that it did, this book introduces and demonstrates an alternative “practice history” that draws on the work of Marshall Sahlins and employs Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, improvisation and practical logic
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782384144
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