{"product_id":"culture-and-history-in-the-jukka-siikala-9789523690462","title":"Culture and History in the Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCulture and History in the Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays originally published in 1990. The texts explore from different perspectives the question of culture as a repository of historical information. They also address broader questions of anthropological writing at the time, such as the relationship between anthropologists' representations and local conceptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis republication aims to make the book accessible to a wider audience, and in the region it discusses, Oceania. A new introductory essay has been included to contextualize the volume in relation to its historical setting, the end of the Cold War era, and to the present study of the Pacific and indigenous scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors of \u003cem\u003eCulture and History in the Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e include prominent anthropologists of the Pacific, some of whom - Roger Keesing and Marilyn Strathern, to name but two - have also been influential in the anthropology of the late 20th and early 21st century in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jukka Siikala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9523690469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789523690462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Helsinki University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.68d","brand":"Jukka Siikala","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981757022463,"sku":"9789523690462","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f43da3c-0023-4143-8d16-32b61be67f02.jpg?v=1683257365","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culture-and-history-in-the-jukka-siikala-9789523690462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}