Black Powder, White Magic
European Armaments and Sorcery in Early Mekeo and Roro Encounters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20052911 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark S Mosko (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oceanic encounters (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | ANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.22459/oe.07.2009.09 |
| OpenAlex | W2249644375 |
| ISBN | 9781921536281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Actions speak louder than words", they say -especially if you are holding a gun. As a Euro-American I take this to mean there is something self-evidently coercive about the use and effects of firearms beyond their ability to wound and kill. And, as a social scientist, I recognise that the same is usually held to be true with regard to the deployment of "physical force" generally. Where non-Western people's responses to tokens of Western culture such as money, Christian missionisation, literacy, Hershey bars, Adidas tennis shoes, rock music and the internet seem necessarily variable and unpredictable, owing at least partly to the choices afforded by people's pre-existing cultural schema, physical force by definition allows little scope for subjects' volition
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2016 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |