[PDF] The Polynesian Family System eBook

Author : E.S. Craighill Handy
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,28 MB
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1462904572

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This classic book on Hawaiian families and culture is an essential text for anyone interested in pre-American Hawaii. The Polynesian Family System in Ka-'U, Hawai'i is a collaboration of the distinguished scholars Dr. Mary Puku and Dr. E.S. Craighill Handy. It provides us with this fascinating review of traditional Hawaiian life. Manners and customs relating to birth, death, marriage, sexual practices, religious beliefs, and family relationship are all clearly described. The main sources of information were elderly Hawaiian informants of then remote Kacu district of the island of Hawaii. This Hawaiian history and culture book provides professional scholars and laymen a like with an unrivaled picture of traditional Hawaiian society. Based on original work in the field with living Hawaiians, it combines research into the literature by two authors of unusual qualifications with field work conducted under unique circumstances. This edition will be welcomed by librarians, anthropologists, and indeed all who have a serious interest in Polynesian life.

Author : Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780961673826

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Volume one gives an indepth discussion of major Hawaiian culture concepts, providing insights into both their ancient and modern significances and volume two traces the ancient Hawaiian social customs practices and beliefs from birth to old age.

Author : Keith Chambers
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 2000-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1478608293

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Thousands of years ago, Polynesian voyagers discovered and settled Nanumea atoll, a tiny cluster of coral islets in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The community prospered, first evolving into a traditional culture finely tuned to the atolls limited environment and then weathering new changes imposed by missionaries, colonial officials, and Westernization itself. Now one of eight separate island communities comprising the modern Pacific nation of Tuvalu, Nanumea faces new challenges: rising sea levels, globalization, and massive social and economic changes. Using personal stories that evoke the difficulties and excitement of fieldwork, Keith and Anne Chambers draw on more than twenty-five years of ethnographic research in Nanumea to craft an engaging account of Nanumean culture and social organization. Readers will come to appreciate how the communitys intense sharing obligations, service-oriented chieftainship, and a flexible system of extensive kinship reckoning define a lifestyle that differs fundamentally from modern Western society.