Overview

The authors of this collection seek to fill a gap in the ethnographic record by drawing attention to the deep historical attachments of Pacific island communities to rivers, and the ways in which those attachments are changing in response to various forms of economic development and social change.

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Author:   John R. Wagner, Jr. ,  Jerry K. Jacka
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
ISBN:  

9781760462161

ISBN 10:   1760462160
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   18 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: River as Ethnographic Subject The River, the Water and the Crocodile in Marovo Lagoon A Source of Power, Disquiet and Biblical Purport: The Jordan River in Santo, Vanuatu Unflowing Pasts, Lost Springs and Watery Mysteries in Eastern Polynesia Riverine Disposal of Mining Wastes in Porgera: Capitalist Resource Development and Metabolic Rifts in Papua New Guinea 'At Every Bend a Chief, At Every Bend a Chief, Waikato of One Hundred Chiefs': Mapping the Socio-Political Life of the Waikato River Waters of Destruction: Mythical Creatures, Boiling Pots and Tourist Encounters at Wailuku River in Hilo, Hawai'i The Sepik River, Papua New Guinea: Nourishing Tradition and Modern Catastrophe Rivers of Memory and Forgetting

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