{"product_id":"south-pacific-oral-traditions-9780253209580","title":"South Pacific Oral Traditions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ruth Hilary Finnegan | Margaret Orbell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Folklore \u0026amp; Mythology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This collection of articles touches upon some important issues in humanistic anthropology. . . . Folklorists, students of comparative literature, and anthropologists can all find something of interest in these essays.\" --American Anthropologist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Superbly edited, impeccably researched, and discriminatingly tied together as a coherent gathering of insight, the volume is a welcome addition to a significant field of study that is only now beginning to appreciate the finer achievements of the South Pacific's unique contribution.\" --Rongorongo Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" . . . the defining collection on contemporary verbal arts in Oceania. . . . of real value to scholars concerned with the relationships between verbal art, social change, gender, power, [and] social organization.\" --Don Brenneis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\". . . it will be welcome to historians of the South Pacific and useful to others grappling with problems of oral tradition.\" --Journal of Interdisciplinary History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The volume abundantly illustrates the continuing vitality of oral traditions in the South Pacific, as well as the continuing wealth these traditions provide for researchers.\" --Pacific Affairs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614834540695,"sku":"9780253209580","price":1608.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780253209580.webp?v=1775096849","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/south-pacific-oral-traditions-9780253209580","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}