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Mana, Power and ‘Pawa’ in the Pacific and Beyond

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ID20046931
AuthorsA Rumsey (0000-0002-9710-4695, corresponding author)
Year2016
Publication date2016-04-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueNew Mana (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU)
DOI10.22459/nm.04.2016.05
OpenAlexW2727301706
ISBN9781760460082
LanguageEN
References cited8

In this chapter I address three interrelated topics pertaining to mana and how it might be understood in relation to ‘power’ as a socialanalytical construct, and to pawa as a vernacular term used by some Pacific peoples

Geography · Physics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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