book chapter
The islands and their inhabitants
Fiji and the Fijians by Thomas Williams and James Calvert • New York • Published In 1860 • Pages: x, 209
By: Williams, Thomas.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book describes aspects of Fijian culture and society during the rise of Bau as the dominant political center of Fiji, with considerable perspective on politics and events beyond the Bau chiefdom. There was a simultaneous increase in missionary activity, culminating in the conversion of Bau’s reigning chief to Christianity in 1854, immediately following the residence of the author on other islands where he frequently witnessed visits by chiefs from around the archipelago. The author also traveled extensively, closely observing the drama of daily life and organized ceremonials held on different islands. The result is a rich account of not just the observed aspects of community life and court politics, but also the moralistic and religious logic of controversial practices such as cannibalism and widow-strangling.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Social personality
- Cannibalism
- Fishing
- General character of religion
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Gender status
- Gender roles and issues
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bau Fijians
- 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
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1840-1853
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1840-1853
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Fiji
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Thomas Williams
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 05014486
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fijians