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Preface to the English Edition

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Editor's Note V
  3. Contents VII
  4. Illustrations IX
  5. Translator's Note XI
  6. Preface to the English Edition XV
  7. Acknowledgments XIX
  8. Conventions XXIII
  9. PART ONE. THE INVADED ARCHIPELAGO
  10. 1 On the Path to Myth: Quiros's Great Voyage 1
  11. 2 Happy “Savages” 22
  12. 3 Wild Contact 39
  13. 4 The Gospel and the Kingdom 52
  14. 5 Catholic Peasant Missionaries and Marginal Churches 67
  15. 6 “Gone with the Wind” 81
  16. PART TWO TANNA: STONES WITHIN CANOES
  17. 7 Isle of Resilience 103
  18. 8 Enchanted Space 113
  19. 9 Society of the Stones 130
  20. 10 Society of the Hawk 146
  21. 11 At War 157
  22. 12 The Return of Magic 170
  23. PART THREE: FIGHTING ON THE ISLAND
  24. 13 The Pagans’ Resistance 193
  25. 14 John Frum People 220
  26. 15 The Bible Revisited 241
  27. 16 Kastom and Nation 257
  28. 17 The Revolt 276
  29. 18 The Meaning of Tanna’s Kastom 302
  30. 19 Conclusion: The Men Pies 320
  31. Notes 327
  32. Glossary 347
  33. References 349
  34. Selected Works by Joël Bonnemaison 359
  35. Index 361
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Editor's Note V
  3. Contents VII
  4. Illustrations IX
  5. Translator's Note XI
  6. Preface to the English Edition XV
  7. Acknowledgments XIX
  8. Conventions XXIII
  9. PART ONE. THE INVADED ARCHIPELAGO
  10. 1 On the Path to Myth: Quiros's Great Voyage 1
  11. 2 Happy “Savages” 22
  12. 3 Wild Contact 39
  13. 4 The Gospel and the Kingdom 52
  14. 5 Catholic Peasant Missionaries and Marginal Churches 67
  15. 6 “Gone with the Wind” 81
  16. PART TWO TANNA: STONES WITHIN CANOES
  17. 7 Isle of Resilience 103
  18. 8 Enchanted Space 113
  19. 9 Society of the Stones 130
  20. 10 Society of the Hawk 146
  21. 11 At War 157
  22. 12 The Return of Magic 170
  23. PART THREE: FIGHTING ON THE ISLAND
  24. 13 The Pagans’ Resistance 193
  25. 14 John Frum People 220
  26. 15 The Bible Revisited 241
  27. 16 Kastom and Nation 257
  28. 17 The Revolt 276
  29. 18 The Meaning of Tanna’s Kastom 302
  30. 19 Conclusion: The Men Pies 320
  31. Notes 327
  32. Glossary 347
  33. References 349
  34. Selected Works by Joël Bonnemaison 359
  35. Index 361
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