Kastom and Anticolonialism on Malaita: “Culture” as Political Symbol

Most Melanesians invoking ideologies of kastom have, in becoming Christianized and partly Westernized, hearkened back to ways now lost or abandoned. But the Kwaio of Malaita are preoccupied with kastom, while traditional religion, social organization and exchange still prevail. Why and how? The Kwai...

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Main Author: Keesing, Roger M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1982
In: The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 1982, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 357-373
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