[PDF.65nn] Making Sense of Micronesia: The Logic of Pacific Island Culture

Making Sense of Micronesia: The Logic of Pacific Island Culture

[PDF.bh63] Making Sense of Micronesia: The Logic of Pacific Island Culture

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 | #489213 in Books |  2013-04-30 |  2013-04-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .80 x5.90 x8.70l,.80 | File type: PDF | 200 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent source of information|By baseball mom|When we learned we were going to Micronesia for a six month assignment to work with the judicial system, we read everything we could to get some idea about the culture. The most thoughtful and articulate articles we found all seemed to be written by a Jesuit priest named Francis Hezel. When I discovered this book, I bought it, k| |The brevity and clear writing in this book make it a great deal more accessible to the non-specialist than nearly all ethnography or anthropological analysis. Yet it should not be thought that this clarity reflects any superficial understanding of Micronesian

Why are islanders so lavishly generous with food and material possessions but so guarded with information? Why do these people, unfailingly polite for the most part, laugh openly when others embarrass themselves? What does a smile mean to an islander? What might a sudden lapse into silence signify? These questions are common in encounters with an unfamiliar Pacific Island culture. Making Sense of Micronesia is intended for westerners who find themselves in cont...

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