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New mana : transformations of a classic concept in Pacific languages and cultures / edited by Matt Tomlinson and Ty P. Kāswika Tengan.

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"'Mana', a term denoting spiritual power, is found in many Pacific Islands languages. In recent decades, the term has been taken up in New Age movements and online fantasy gaming. In this book, 16 contributors examine mana through ethnographic, linguistic, and historical lenses to und...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Tomlinson, Matt, 1970- (Editor), Tengan, Ty P. Kāwika, 1975- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, [2016]
Series:Monographs in anthropology series.
Subjects:
Mana > History.
Mana > Pacific Area.
Mana
Pacific Area
History
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : mana anew / Matt Tomlinson and Ty P. Kāwika Tengan
  • Mana Hawaiʻi : an examination of political uses of the word mana in Hawaiian / Noenoe K. Silva
  • Tha mana of Kū : Indigenous nationhood, masculinity and authority in Hawaiʻi / Ty P. Kāwika Tengan
  • Bodies permeable and divine : Tapu, Mana and the embodiment of hegemony in pre-Christian Tonga / Andy Mills
  • Niu mana, sport, media and the Australian diaspora / Katerina Martina Teaiwa
  • Mana, power and "pawa" in the Pacific and beyond / Alan Rumsey
  • Mana on the move : why empirical anchorage trumps philosophical drift / Thorgeir Kolshus
  • "Press the button, Mama!" : mana and Christianity on Makira, Solomon Islands / Aram Oroi
  • The state of mana, the mana of the state / Alexander Mawyer
  • Theologies of mana and sau in Fiji / Matt Tomlinson and Sekove Bigitibau
  • Claiming pule, manifesting mana : ordinary ethics and Pentecostal self-making in Samoa / Jessica Hardin
  • Mana for a new age / Rachel Morgain
  • How mana left the Pacific and became a video game mechanic / Alex Golub and Jon Peterson
  • Afterword : shape-shifting mana : travels in space and time / Niko Besnier and Margaret Jolly.
  • Introduction : mana anew / Matt Tomlinson and Ty P. Ka⁺ѕwika Tengan
  • Mana Hawai⁽i : an examination of political uses of the word mana in Hawaiian / Noenoe K. Silva
  • Tha mana of Ku⁺ѕ Indigenous nationhood, masculinity and authority in Hawai⁽i / Ty P. Ka⁺ѕwika Tengan
  • Bodies permeable and divine : Tapu, Mana and the embodiment of hegemony in pre-Christian Tonga / Andy Mills
  • Niu mana, sport, media and the Australian diaspora / Katerina Martina Teaiwa
  • Mana, power and "pawa" in the Pacific and beyond / Alan Rumsey
  • Mana on the move : why empirical anchorage trumps philosophical drift / Thorgeir Kolshus
  • "Press the button, Mama!" : mana and Christianity on Makira, Solomon Islands / Aram Oroi
  • The state of mana, the mana of the state / Alexander Mawyer
  • Theologies of mana and sau in Fiji / Matt Tomlinson and Sekove Bigitibau
  • Claiming pule, manifesting mana : ordinary ethics and Pentecostal self-making in Samoa / Jessica Hardin
  • Mana for a new age / Rachel Morgain
  • How mana left the Pacific and became a video game mechanic / Alex Golub and Jon Peterson
  • Afterword : shape-shifting mana : travels in space and time / Niko Besnier and Margaret Jolly.

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