'Univesiti Fakafonua 'a Tonga -
Tonga National University
Ko e Mo’oni, Ko e Totonu mo e Tau’ataina - Truth, Justice, Freedom


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Tongan culture and history : papers from the 1st Tongan History Conference held in Canberra, 14-17 January 1987 / edited by Phyllis Herda, Jennifer Terrell and Niel Gunson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Summary language: Tsonga Publication details: Canberra : Dept. of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Australian National University, 1990.Description: x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0731511174
  • 9780731511174
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306/.099612 20
Contents:
Foreword / Sione Latukefu -- Introduction -- 1. Historiography: the myth of indigenous authenticity / F.O. Kolo -- 2. Tongan historiography: shamanic views of time and history / Niel Gunson -- 3. Genealogy in the Tongam construction of the past / Phyllis S. Herda -- 4. Myths and history: some aspects of history in the Tu'i Tonga myths / 'Okusitino Māhina -- 5. Blood and garland: duality in Tongan history / Aletta Bersack -- 6. Art, aesthetics and social structure / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- 7. Eclectic elements in Tongan foklk belief and healing practice / Wendy E. Cowling -- 8. Gender relations in Tonga: a paradigm shift / K.E. James -- 9. Changing gender roles in Tongan society: some comments based on archaeological observations / Dirk H. K. Spennemann -- 10. Gender relations in Tonga at the time of contact / Caroline Ralston -- 11. Women of the lotu: the foundations of Tongan Wesleyanism reconsidered / Bonnie Maywald -- 12. The nature of education in pre-European to modern Tonga / Kalapoli Pāongo -- 13. The eraly accommodation of traditional and English law in Tonga / Guy Powles -- 14. Chief Justices of Tonga 1905-40 / Elizabeth Wood Ellem -- 15. Motivations for contemporary Tongan migration / Wendy E. Cowling -- 16. Tongans in New Zealand: a brief study / Edgar Tu'inukuafe.
Appendix: Tupou College and the education of women / Siupeli Taliai -- Glossary of Tongan terms.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.

Foreword / Sione Latukefu -- Introduction -- 1. Historiography: the myth of indigenous authenticity / F.O. Kolo -- 2. Tongan historiography: shamanic views of time and history / Niel Gunson -- 3. Genealogy in the Tongam construction of the past / Phyllis S. Herda -- 4. Myths and history: some aspects of history in the Tu'i Tonga myths / 'Okusitino Māhina -- 5. Blood and garland: duality in Tongan history / Aletta Bersack -- 6. Art, aesthetics and social structure / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- 7. Eclectic elements in Tongan foklk belief and healing practice / Wendy E. Cowling -- 8. Gender relations in Tonga: a paradigm shift / K.E. James -- 9. Changing gender roles in Tongan society: some comments based on archaeological observations / Dirk H. K. Spennemann -- 10. Gender relations in Tonga at the time of contact / Caroline Ralston -- 11. Women of the lotu: the foundations of Tongan Wesleyanism reconsidered / Bonnie Maywald -- 12. The nature of education in pre-European to modern Tonga / Kalapoli Pāongo -- 13. The eraly accommodation of traditional and English law in Tonga / Guy Powles -- 14. Chief Justices of Tonga 1905-40 / Elizabeth Wood Ellem -- 15. Motivations for contemporary Tongan migration / Wendy E. Cowling -- 16. Tongans in New Zealand: a brief study / Edgar Tu'inukuafe.

Appendix: Tupou College and the education of women / Siupeli Taliai -- Glossary of Tongan terms.

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