Joan Larcom
Biographic Data
| ID | 108552 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan Larcom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan |
| FAMILY NAME | Larcom |
| SIGNATURE | LARCOM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mount Holyoke College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cultural Identity and Ethnicity in the Pacific
The Invention of Convention
The traditional past of the people of South-West Bay, Malekula, featured a great deal of cultural borrowing. Like most Christians in Vanuatu, their negative attitude to a 'pagan' past has been changed into one of positive interest by the recent national emphasis on kastorn. Their older perception of kastorn as commodity - knowledge, rituals, objects, etc. to be bought, sold or exchanged at will - has been supplemented by the more wide- spread not…
Pacific Island Life. 1977. Five color films by Herman Schlenker ; The Coconut Tree (15 minutes)
Samoa i Sisifo, 1983. Produced for Journal Films: The Best Kept Secret. 1976. Produced for Journal Films . 16 minutes, color: Tonga Royal. 1983. Produced for Journal Films
The Invention of Convention
The traditional past of the people of South-West Bay, Malekula, featured a great deal of cultural borrowing. Like most Christians in Vanuatu, their negative attitude to a 'pagan' past has been changed into one of positive interest by the recent national emphasis on kastorn. Their older perception of kastorn as commodity - knowledge, rituals, objects, etc. to be bought, sold or exchanged at will - has been supplemented by the more wide- spread not…
Pacific Island Life. 1977. Five color films by Herman Schlenker ; The Coconut Tree (15 minutes)
Samoa i Sisifo, 1983. Produced for Journal Films: The Best Kept Secret. 1976. Produced for Journal Films . 16 minutes, color: Tonga Royal. 1983. Produced for Journal Films
The Invention of Convention
The traditional past of the people of South-West Bay, Malekula, featured a great deal of cultural borrowing. Like most Christians in Vanuatu, their negative attitude to a 'pagan' past has been changed into one of positive interest by the recent national emphasis on kastorn. Their older perception of kastorn as commodity - knowledge, rituals, objects, etc. to be bought, sold or exchanged at will - has been supplemented by the more wide- spread not…
Cultural Identity and Ethnicity in the Pacific
Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Citation (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works)