Narrative and Identity Construction in the Pacific Islands

Name: Narrative and Identity Construction in the Pacific Islands
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Erschienen am 15. Mai 2015

XVII, 256 Seiten

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Intro
Table of contents
Editor's note
Glossing abbreviations
About the authors
Introduction
References
Part I Inside the storyworld
Chapter 1 Moving through space and (not?) time: North Australian Dreamtime Narratives
1 Dreamtime stories of Australia
2 Spatial and motion structure in Jaminjung narratives
3 Travel through time and space: Kriol narratives
4 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 2 We've never seen a cyclone like this: Exploring Self-Concept and Narrator Characterisation in Aulua
Dividuals and individuals in Melanesia
Methods of enquiry
Cyclone Ivy and the Aulua community
Possible strategies for dividualist narrators
Analysis of the narratives
Features of dividual narration
An individualist narration?
Conclusion
References
Part II Telling narratives, constructing identities
Chapter 3 Local ecological knowledge in Mortlockese narrative: Stance, Identity, and Knowing
Pakin Atoll
Knowledge, identity, and stance
Analysis
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix: Transcription conventions following Du Bois (2006)
4 Small stories and associated identity in Neverver
1 Introduction
2 The Neverver speakers
3 Person reference possibilities in Neverver
4 Person reference work in small stories
5 Person reference and identity
References
5 "Sometime is lies": Narrative and Identity in Two Mixed-Origin Island Languages
Approaching island narratives
Constraints on narratives
Leaving the narratives behind
Appendix
References
Part III Narrative memories, cultures and identities
6 Constructing Kanaka Maoli identity through narrative: A Glimpse into Native Hawaiian Narratives
1 Introduction
2 Kanaka Maoli identity constructed through mo'olelo and ka'ao
3 Establishing Hawaiian literacy
4 Conclusion
References
7 'Stories of long ago' and the forces of modernity in South Pentecost
1 Introduction
2 Dun na gol - variation
3 Chief Telkon Watas' dun na gol
4 From orality to written text
5 Variations and values
6 Concluding comments
Acknowledgements
References
8 Australian South Sea Islanders' narratives of belonging
Narratives by historians
The islander voice
Political and government narratives
The media narrative
Explaining the slavery narrative
Conclusion
References
9 Avatars of Fiji's Girmit narrative
Indian indenture: Beginnings
Indenture: Social and moral conditions
Post-indenture narrative
Revival of interest in indenture discourse
Indenture narrative beyond servitude
Girmit beyond Fiji
Acknowledgements
References
10 Samoan narratives: Sociocultural Perspectives
Traditional narratives
Telling stories to learn
Contemporary media
Literary writing and recording of stories
Samoan migrant writing
Conclusion
Glossary
References
11 "[P]ulling tomorrow's sky from [the] kete": Culture-Specific Narractivw Representations of Re/membering in Contemporary Maori and First Australian Novels
Structure, characterisation strategies and character constellation
Storytelling and the oral traditions
Fight for the land and the voice of the earth
References
12 Beyond exile: The Ramayana as a Living Narrative Among Indo-Fijians in Fiji and New Zealand
The Ramcaritmanas in Fiji: The text and its interpreters
Fellowship with the Virtuous: Ramayana recital and ethnic identity
Encountering the Indian "other": The Ramayan mandali in New Zealand
Beyond exile: A living narrative
References
13 Embodied silent narratives of masculinities: Some Perspectives from Guam Chamorros
1 The Chamorro masculine pre-Hispanic body
2 Mythical and religious narratives of the body
3 Silent martial narratives of the (de)-colonized body
4 Conclusion
References
Index

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