{"product_id":"pacific-realities-changing-perspectives-on-resilience-and-resistance-9781789200409","title":"Pacific Realities: Changing Perspectives on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThroughout the Pacific region, people are faced with dramatic changes, often described as processes of “glocalization”; individuals and groups espouse multilayered forms of identity, in which global modes of thinking and doing are embedded in renewed perceptions of local or regional specificities. Consequently, new forms of resistance and resilience – the processes by which communities attempt to regain their original social, political, and economic status and structure after disruption or displacement – emerge. Through case studies from across the Pacific which transcend the conventional “local-global” dichotomy, this volume aims to explore these complex and interwoven phenomena from a new perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Even if one is not always in agreement with the authors’ analyses, the contributions in this collection are so explicitly and empirically argued, that it furthers novel thinking. For that achievement alone this volume is a little gem, it is full of interesting case material, and at the same time it encourages new ways of thinking about Pacific realities.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The edited book is a collaborative effort by independent researchers who each respectively crafts their case study to elucidate ‘the possibilities for resilience and for loss, abandonment, and dramatic change,’ thereby illuminating the ‘interaction between a past that can be imagined as holistic and virtuous and an envisaged future that fulfills contemporary desires.’ This ‘constant flux’ calls for a vision beyond a simplistic judgment of cultural loss and cultural continuity. As an Oceanic academic concerned with the self-determination and well-being of the locals, I appreciate the insight towards the delicate and nuanced stance that the authors suggest we, as researchers, take, when we face each case in its specific context.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Pacific Affairs\u2028\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…an important contribution to a better understanding of life worlds in Oceania (with a slight overrepresentation of Melanesia). Although this volume is a poignant reminder of the challenges indigenous people face in the current global condition, it also aptly demonstrates the agency of these social actors to resist these challenges and act resiliently. Presumably, \u003c\/em\u003ePacific Realities \u003cem\u003ewill mainly draw attention from scholars interested in Oceania. However, it should be read well beyond this limited circle because it offers rich ethnographic insights and a handy theoretical framework to better grasp contemporary island societies and cultures and their respective place in the world today.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Island Studies Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistance and Resilience\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaurent Dousset and Mélissa Nayral\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Story in and on Signs: Making Resistance and Acquiescence Legible as Forms of Resilience\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eYasmine Musharbash\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Global Models and Local Management of Land Ownership in Rapa (French Polynesia)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristian Ghasarian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Between Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance: Fiji Islander Women Activists and the Ethno-Nationalist Political Crises in 2000\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSina Emde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Resisting UN Ideals to Make Men and Women Equal in Politics: When a Humanist Concern Turns into Arithmetic in Ouvea (New Caledonia)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMélissa Nayral\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Independence from Independence: History, Landownership and Politics in South Malekula, Vanuatu\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaurent Dousset\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Reasonableness of Leaders and the Gaming of Mining Incomes in Papua New Guinea\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Burton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e Values in Flux – Reflections on Resilience and Change in Melanesia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMartha Macintyre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042547958103,"sku":"9781789200409","price":84.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789200409.jpg?v=1750954592","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pacific-realities-changing-perspectives-on-resilience-and-resistance-9781789200409","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}