William W Donner
Biographic Data
| ID | 157226 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William W Donner |
| GIVEN NAMES | William W |
| FAMILY NAME | Donner |
| SIGNATURE | DONNER W W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kutztown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Laughing at Ourselves: Professor Schnitzel and Pennsylvania German Humor
Although humor is often used to disparage ethnic groups, it is sometimes used by members of an ethnic group to draw laughs about people from their own background. This article describes the cultural and linguistic contexts of Pennsylvania German/Dutch humor and jokes. An exemplary and influential example of Pennsylvania Dutch English humor can be found in Ted Rickenbach, who performed as Professor Schnitzel from about 1927 until his death in 1969…
William Hunt Davenport (1922-2004)
Sharing and Compassion: Fosterage in a Polynesian Society
On Sikaiana, a small isolated Polynesian atoll, there are very high rates of fosterage and many children move between several different caretakers. Fosterage is an important way to express Sikaiana values of generosity and build social relations. Sikaiana fosterage provides an example of how several different families can share responsibilities for raising children. Sikaiana fosterage also provides a comparative perspective for examining American…
Assimilation and Localism: Some Very Small Towns in Mass Society
A major theme in social theory concerns the transformation of social relationships in small communities as a result of modernization. This paper examines changing social relations in some small towns in southeastern Pennsylvania. For several hundred years, the residents of these towns have continuously developed institutions to preserve their local identity and maintain personal relations at the same time that they are incorporated into larger, r…
Alcohol, Community, and Modernity: The Social Organization of Toddy Drinking in a Polynesian Society
Drunkenness, poet (Housman 1940) suggests, creates a new and perhaps lovelier world, the world as world's not. For Housman, however, this world of intoxication is ephemeral and fleeting (The mischief is that it will not last), inevitably replaced by a colder, harsher world of sobriety. I will describe here patterns of drinking and intoxication on Sikaiana, a Polynesian outlier in Solomon Islands. When drinking, Sikaiana create a new and different…
Tikopia Songs: Poetic and Musical Art of a Polynesian People of the Solomon Islands
Kastom and modernisation on Sikaiana
Lineages and Land Disputes on a Polynesian Outlier
L'A. examine les processus qui faconnent l'occupation des terres et la formation des lignages a Sikaina, une ile volcanique polynesienne de l'archipel des iles Salomon. C'est en examinant les disputes, les conflits, l'ambiguite et le changement qu'il est possible de comprendre les facteurs definissant l'organisation lignagere et l'utilisation du sol aujourd'hui, comme par le passe
Compassion, kinship and fosterage: Contexts for the care of the childless elderly in a Polynesian community
Sharing and Compassion: Fosterage in a Polynesian Society
On Sikaiana, a small isolated Polynesian atoll, there are very high rates of fosterage and many children move between several different caretakers. Fosterage is an important way to express Sikaiana values of generosity and build social relations. Sikaiana fosterage provides an example of how several different families can share responsibilities for raising children. Sikaiana fosterage also provides a comparative perspective for examining American…
Compassion, kinship and fosterage: Contexts for the care of the childless elderly in a Polynesian community
Assimilation and Localism: Some Very Small Towns in Mass Society
A major theme in social theory concerns the transformation of social relationships in small communities as a result of modernization. This paper examines changing social relations in some small towns in southeastern Pennsylvania. For several hundred years, the residents of these towns have continuously developed institutions to preserve their local identity and maintain personal relations at the same time that they are incorporated into larger, r…
Kastom and modernisation on Sikaiana
Alcohol, Community, and Modernity: The Social Organization of Toddy Drinking in a Polynesian Society
Drunkenness, poet (Housman 1940) suggests, creates a new and perhaps lovelier world, the world as world's not. For Housman, however, this world of intoxication is ephemeral and fleeting (The mischief is that it will not last), inevitably replaced by a colder, harsher world of sobriety. I will describe here patterns of drinking and intoxication on Sikaiana, a Polynesian outlier in Solomon Islands. When drinking, Sikaiana create a new and different…
William Hunt Davenport (1922-2004)
Compassion, kinship and fosterage: Contexts for the care of the childless elderly in a Polynesian community
Lineages and Land Disputes on a Polynesian Outlier
L'A. examine les processus qui faconnent l'occupation des terres et la formation des lignages a Sikaina, une ile volcanique polynesienne de l'archipel des iles Salomon. C'est en examinant les disputes, les conflits, l'ambiguite et le changement qu'il est possible de comprendre les facteurs definissant l'organisation lignagere et l'utilisation du sol aujourd'hui, comme par le passe
Tikopia Songs: Poetic and Musical Art of a Polynesian People of the Solomon Islands
Kastom and modernisation on Sikaiana
Alcohol, Community, and Modernity: The Social Organization of Toddy Drinking in a Polynesian Society
Drunkenness, poet (Housman 1940) suggests, creates a new and perhaps lovelier world, the world as world's not. For Housman, however, this world of intoxication is ephemeral and fleeting (The mischief is that it will not last), inevitably replaced by a colder, harsher world of sobriety. I will describe here patterns of drinking and intoxication on Sikaiana, a Polynesian outlier in Solomon Islands. When drinking, Sikaiana create a new and different…
Assimilation and Localism: Some Very Small Towns in Mass Society
A major theme in social theory concerns the transformation of social relationships in small communities as a result of modernization. This paper examines changing social relations in some small towns in southeastern Pennsylvania. For several hundred years, the residents of these towns have continuously developed institutions to preserve their local identity and maintain personal relations at the same time that they are incorporated into larger, r…
Sharing and Compassion: Fosterage in a Polynesian Society
On Sikaiana, a small isolated Polynesian atoll, there are very high rates of fosterage and many children move between several different caretakers. Fosterage is an important way to express Sikaiana values of generosity and build social relations. Sikaiana fosterage provides an example of how several different families can share responsibilities for raising children. Sikaiana fosterage also provides a comparative perspective for examining American…
William Hunt Davenport (1922-2004)
Laughing at Ourselves: Professor Schnitzel and Pennsylvania German Humor
Although humor is often used to disparage ethnic groups, it is sometimes used by members of an ethnic group to draw laughs about people from their own background. This article describes the cultural and linguistic contexts of Pennsylvania German/Dutch humor and jokes. An exemplary and influential example of Pennsylvania Dutch English humor can be found in Ted Rickenbach, who performed as Professor Schnitzel from about 1927 until his death in 1969…
History (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works)