essay
Time of famine, time of transformation: hell in the Pacific, Palau
Pacific theater : island representations of World War II • Honolulu • Published In 1989 • Pages: 117-147
By: Nero, Karen L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines some of the important changes that occurred in Balauan culture and society in the context of foreign occupation and war-caused famines. It shows that the Balauans regained their sense of national worth when the Japanese, who treated them as second-class citizens in their own land, lost to the Americans during WWII. This regained identity was reflected in stories which tell how the Belauans survived war-caused famines by sharing food and taking care of each other, while defeated Japanese soldiers presumably continued to prove their 'inhumanity' by stealing and killing for food.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Aftermath of combat
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethos
- Wartime adjustments
- Disasters
- Poverty
- Research and development
- Eating
- Mutual aid
- Community structure
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Belau
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1989
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Republic of Belau
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karen L. Nero
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-147)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89004862
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palauans