Book
Ta'u: stability and change in a Samoan village
Wellington, N.Z. • The Polynesian Society, Inc. • Published In 1958 • Pages:
By: Holmes, Lowell Don.
Abstract
This monograph explores change and continuity in the material culture and social organization of Ta'nu, a village in the Manu'an island group of American Samoa. To achieve this goal, the author contrasts his own observation of daily life among Ta'nu villagers and Chiefs in 1954 with ethnographic and historical information obtained from the nineteenth century (circa 1800-1870), and during 1925-1930. The monograph concludes by providing a long list of materials and cultural practices which the author found to be either survivals of past traditions or recent additions following contacts mostly with Europeans and Americans.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2007
- Field Date
- 1954
- Coverage Date
- 1800-1954
- Coverage Place
- Samoa
- Notes
- Lowell D. Holmes
- Reprint of the Polynesian Society No.7
- Pages v-ix and 3-37 of this reprint appeared in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, 66:301-338. Pages 38-77 appeared in the Journal, 66:398-435
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80) and index
- LCSH
- Samoans