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Personal names as narrative in Fiji: politics of the Lauan onomasticon
Ethnology • 33 (1) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 21-34
By: Arno, Andrew.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed study of personal names and naming practices on Moce Island in Fiji's southern Lau group. Arno analyzes a sample of almost 1,500 personal names that he collected in the early 1970s and describes their meaning, derivation, and the social contexts in which they are applied. Arno observes that the Lauan names are often narrative snippets that commemorate not only people, but events and social relationships as well, and reflect personal everyday family histories, not just the doings of heroes and elites (p. 32).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personal names
- Naming
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lau Fijians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- early 1970s (p. 25)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- early 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Moce Island, southern Lau group, Fiji (p. 25)
- NotesAdditional notes
- Andrew Arno
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fijians