Although it is said to be « traditional », the Polynesian society of Wallis Island has always been changing. What can we know about its past that enables us to understand the paradox of its continuing while changing? Starting from the study of the traditions gathered by Father Henquel at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, this book aims at eliciting and understanding the values and deep logic that operate status distinctions, organize the allocation of responsibilities and, most of all, give meaning and efficiency to all kinds of action.The study focuses on the chieftainship - often called kingship - which is at the top of the social organization, with its relationships to land tenure. It elicits the conditions and the modalities of th...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
International audienceThis chapter analyses conditions and forms of authority in Wallis (Western Pol...
International audienceThis chapter analyses conditions and forms of authority in Wallis (Western Pol...
Although it is said to be « traditional », the Polynesian society of Wallis Island has always been c...
International audienceCe livre dégage les caractéristiques principales de la société wallisienne, no...
This monograph leans on former and contemporary ethnographical data. It clears and analyzes the prin...
This monograph leans on former and contemporary ethnographical data. It clears and analyzes the prin...
Une des caractéristiques des traditions orales polynésiennes tient à l’importance qu’y occupent les ...
I have stressed the sociocosmic character of the Polynesian society of Wallis in a long term study o...
Une des caractéristiques des traditions orales polynésiennes tient à l’importance qu’y occupent les ...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
I have stressed the sociocosmic character of the Polynesian society of Wallis in a long term study o...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
International audienceThis chapter analyses conditions and forms of authority in Wallis (Western Pol...
International audienceThis chapter analyses conditions and forms of authority in Wallis (Western Pol...
Although it is said to be « traditional », the Polynesian society of Wallis Island has always been c...
International audienceCe livre dégage les caractéristiques principales de la société wallisienne, no...
This monograph leans on former and contemporary ethnographical data. It clears and analyzes the prin...
This monograph leans on former and contemporary ethnographical data. It clears and analyzes the prin...
Une des caractéristiques des traditions orales polynésiennes tient à l’importance qu’y occupent les ...
I have stressed the sociocosmic character of the Polynesian society of Wallis in a long term study o...
Une des caractéristiques des traditions orales polynésiennes tient à l’importance qu’y occupent les ...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
I have stressed the sociocosmic character of the Polynesian society of Wallis in a long term study o...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
The perception of the Tuamotus has been strongly influenced by ideas on material conditions of life ...
International audienceThis chapter analyses conditions and forms of authority in Wallis (Western Pol...
International audienceThis chapter analyses conditions and forms of authority in Wallis (Western Pol...