Ancestral Voices from Mangaia

Ancestral Voices from Mangaia
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Publisher : Polynesian Society, Incorporated
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Book Synopsis Ancestral Voices from Mangaia by : Michael Patrick Joseph Reilly

Download or read book Ancestral Voices from Mangaia written by Michael Patrick Joseph Reilly and published by Polynesian Society, Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An effective understanding of the history of Mangaia, the most southerly of the Cook Islands, requires a firm foundation in the language of the people. Based upon this insight, Ancestral Voices transcribes and interprets a series of indigenous historical texts, including proverbs, songs and narratives, as told by generations of Mangaian scholars, notably the tribal historian, Mamae, and by outsider scholars, particularly, the missionary William Wyatt Gill and the anthropologist Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck).


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