South Pacific Oral Traditions

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