Book
Tungaru traditions: writings on the atoll culture of the Gilbert Islands
Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii : University of Hawaii Press • (7) • Published In 1989 • Pages: xxxii, 382
By: Grimble, Arthur, Maude, H. E. (Henry Evans).
Abstract
This document provides the earliest systematic description of traditional Kiribati culture and social organization, as observed in the years immediately prior to and following the advent of British colonial rule early in the twentieth century. Additionally, drawing on rich oral traditions, the author reconstructs the origins of various clans, social groups, religious ceremonies, community houses, dance types, and economic activities. Other themes covered include gender relations, socialization, and concepts of morality and sexuality.
- Subjects
- Identification
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Real property
- Clans
- Kin relationships
- Rule of descent
- Cult of the dead
- General character of religion
- Magic
- Dance
- Organized ceremonial
- Vegetable production
- Alcoholic beverages
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Missions
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- culture
- Kiribati
- HRAF PubDate
- 2018
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Micronesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Colonial Official
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field Date
- 1916-1932
- Coverage Date
- 1680-1932
- Coverage Place
- Kiribati (Gilbert) Islands and Banaba Island, Republic of Kiribati
- Notes
- Arthur Francis Grimble ; edited by H.E. Maude
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375) and index
- LCCN
- 89004714
- LCSH
- Ethnology--Kiribati
- Kiribati--Social life and customs