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The Marquesan notion of the personBook 1983 • Kirkpatrick, John
Marquesas • Oceania > Polynesia
This monograph is basically a theoretical and comparative study of the Marquesan understandings of persons, involving, on the part of the author, an examination of their personal development, organization, differentiation, similarity, and potentials....Parenting in Polynesiaessay 1992 • Martini, Mary I. & Kirkpatrick, John
Marquesas • Oceania > Polynesia
This article summarizes major themes in the literature on Polynesian socialization, and offers a critical perspective, based on ethnographic fieldwork with Marquesans. The authors stress the intimacy, vigilance, and deep concern apparent in Marquesan...