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Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion / edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-S...

Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and...

Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion / edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-S...

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Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion / edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Vitolia Mo'a, Naomi Fuamatu, Upolu Luma Va'ai, Reina Whaitiri, Stephen L. Filipo.

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Full title

Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion / edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Vitolia Mo'a, Naomi Fuamatu, Upolu Luma Va'ai, Reina Whaitiri, Stephen L. Filipo.

Publisher

Wellington, New Zealand : Huia Publishers, 2014.

Record Identifier

74VKazowqvZg

MMS ID

991024401117702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xxxii, 377 pages ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

1.Whispers and Vanities in Samoan Indigenous Religious Culture / Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi -- 2.Mauli / Maualaivao Albert Wendt -- 3.Le Aso ma le Taeao -- The Day and the Hour: Life or Demise for "Whispers and Vanities"? / Vitolia Mo'a -- 4.Whispers, Whisperers, Whispering ... / Jenny Plane...

15.When the Waters Met: Some Shared Histories of Christianity and Ancestral Samoan Spirituality / Toeolesulusulu Damon Ieremia Salesa -- 16.`And the Word was God': Disentangling Language Games in Oceania / Tui Rakuita -- 17.From Centre to Periphery: The Trajectories of Societies' Ideas / La'avasa Ma...

27.Whispering Back from Rotuma / Vilsoni Hereniko -- 28.I Don't Know How to Whisper! / Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa -- 29.The Daffodils -- From a Native's Perspective / Sia Figiel -- 30.Mana Whakatipu / Reina Whaitiri -- 31.Indigenous Knowledges: Insight and Intrigue / Tracey McIntosh -- 32.Saipan Revisite...

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Publisher

Wellington, New Zealand : Huia Publishers, 2014.

Date Published

2014.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"This collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa's Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Tupuola Tufuga Efi, to the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions. The address challenges some fundamental aspects of modern Samoan indigenous religious culture. The essays a...

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Full title

Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion / edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Vitolia Mo'a, Naomi Fuamatu, Upolu Luma Va'ai, Reina Whaitiri, Stephen L. Filipo.

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General note

Includes bibliographical references and index....

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Date Copyright

©2014.

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Record Identifier

74VKazowqvZg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKazowqvZg

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ISBN

1775501604

9781775501602

DDC

299.92462017 261.299

MMS ID

991024401117702626

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