The Custodians of the Gift Fairy Beliefs, Holy Doubts and Heritage Paradoxes on a Fijian Island
Emerging from more than two decades of research in the field and in the archives, the essays collected here explore the multifaceted topic of the Fijian firewalking ceremony, the vilavilairevo. The collection examines the intersection of the intertwined topics of cultural property, reproduction of t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florence :
Firenze University Press
2020.
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| Colección: | Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca (Florence, Italy)
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746772206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- MAP X
- LIST OF FIGURES XI
- LIST OF TABLES XIII
- FOREWORD XV Sipiriano Nemani
- PREFACE XIX
- CHAPTER 1 NA VILAVILAIREVO: THE FIJIAN FIREWALKING CEREMONY
- CHAPTER 2 "ARE THEY EVIL?": DENOMINATIONAL COMPETITION AND CULTURAL DEMONIZATION ON A FIJIAN ISLAND
- CHAPTER 3 FROM COLONIAL POMP TO TOURISM REALITY: COMMODIFICATION AND CANNIBALIZATION OF THE FIJIAN FIREWALKING CEREMONY
- CHAPTER 4 WE BRANDED OURSELVES LONG AGO: INTANGIBLE CULTURAL PROPERTY AND
- COMMODIFICATION OF FIJIAN FIREWALKING
- CHAPTER 5 INTANGIBLE CULTURAL PROPERTY, TANGIBLE DATABASES, VISIBLE DEBATES: THE SAWAU PROJECT
- CHAPTER 6 THE SAWAU PROJECT GOES SOCIAL, OR, THE UNEXPECTED DILEMMAS OF THE DIGITAL AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
- AFTERWORD: GIFTS OF HERITAGE AND THE LIFE OF THE LAND 153 Matt Tomlinson
- REFERENCES 157
- INDEX 191
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
