essay
Beyond the reef
Kiribati: a changing atoll culture • [suva, Fiji] • Published In 1985 • Pages: 60-74
By: Kirion, Moarerei.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Following the introduction of commercial transport ships and then airlines earlier in the century, Kiribati islanders became increasingly connected with kinsmen on other islands and people in foreign countries. This study argues that ease of transportation has the unwanted effects of weakening family ties and eroding the moral authority of elders. Yet, the study also shows that this experience has led the Kiribati to think of their widely dispersed and isolated home islands as part of a much bigger world. For maps, glossary, and bibliography see Mason (1985).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Transportation
- Water transport
- Boats
- Air transport
- Airport facilities
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- External relations
- Education system
- Students
- Family relationships
- Activities of the aged
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kiribati
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Educator
- Indigenous Person
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiribati (Gilbert) Islands, Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- Moarerei Kirion ; photographs by Tony Whincup ; map by the University of Hawaii Press
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86214124
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiribati--Social life and customs
- Kiribati--Social conditions