South Pacific Oral Traditions

Author/Contributor(s):	Finnegan, Ruth Hilary ; Orbell, Margaret
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	10/22/1995
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This collection of articles touches upon some important issues in humanistic anthropology. . . . Folklorists, students of comparative literature, and anthropologists can all find something of interest in these essays. --American Anthropologist

Superbly edited, impeccably researched, and discriminatingly tied together as a coherent gathering of insight, the volume is a welcome addition to a significant field of study that is only now beginning to appreciate the finer achievements of the South Pacific's unique contribution. --Rongorongo Studies

. . . the defining collection on contemporary verbal arts in Oceania. . . . of real value to scholars concerned with the relationships between verbal art, social change, gender, power, [and] social organization. --Don Brenneis

. . . it will be welcome to historians of the South Pacific and useful to others grappling with problems of oral tradition. --Journal of Interdisciplinary History

The volume abundantly illustrates the continuing vitality of oral traditions in the South Pacific, as well as the continuing wealth these traditions provide for researchers. --Pacific Affairs