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Landscape of Peace, 2014
Mechanisms of Social Control on Lamotrek Atoll, Micronesia
Author: Werle Kerstin J. S.
Language: EnglishSubject for Landscape of Peace:
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Amerikanisierung; Katholizismus; Landrechte; Lavalava; Mikronesien
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Publication date: 05-2014
235 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
235 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
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Kerstin Werle?s work is based upon a year of fieldwork on Lamotrek and Yap, belonging to a group of islands with a matrilineal culture. Although a trend to the lifestyle of the Western world can be found everywhere on the islands, traditional customs, a gendered division of labour and subsistence techniques prevail. Kerstin Werle carried out her research according to classical anthropological methods, supplementing the available specialist literature on the widespread Micronesian atolls with a valuable overview. Her book shows how the ideal of an old and wise woman, contained in the cultural symbol lavalava, is faced with a young society. Due to the extremely limited space on the small atolls, individual plots of land have become historically, culturally and emotionally significant places, all of which have been ascribed their own individual character. With the help of these personalized places, people on Lamotrek pursue local politics.
Women's Power, Gender Roles and Pictures of Ageing.- The Anthropology of Landscape in Fieldwork Settings.- Emotions as Expressions of Cultural Norms.- Culture as a Process of Collective Localisation.
Kerstin Werle has studied sociology and cultural anthropology with a focus on India and Micronesia. Currently, she is living in Breisach and working as a freelance writer.
Study in the field of social sciences
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