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Working with the ancestors : mana and place in the Marquesas Islands /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donaldson, Emily C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Series:Culture, place, and nature.
Subjects:
Ethnology > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands.
Sacred space > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands.
Mana > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands.
Land use > Social aspects > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands.
Marquesas Islands > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The sacred and the sustainable
  • Marquesan lands : a living history
  • Contested lands : the tenure of ancestral places
  • Spirits and bodies : Marquesan engagements with place and the past
  • Living from the land : livelihoods, heritage, and development
  • Beyond heritage : power, respect, and UNESCO
  • Sustainability and loss : heritage management in practice
  • Building a future on sacred lands.