Nights of storytelling : a cultural history of Kanaky-New Caledonia / edited by Raylene Ramsay
- Published
- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2011]
- Copyright Date
- ©2011
- Physical Description
- xix, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
- Additional Creators
- Ramsay, Raylene L.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Kanak (Hi)Stories -- 1.Origins and Orality -- The Myth of Tee Kanake -- The Beginning of the World -- The Story of Mount Mou and Mount Karikate -- 2.Pathways and Interconnections -- The Legend of Fire and the Lizard-God -- The Child Who Came Out of a Tree -- The Master of Kone -- Kaapo Ciinyii -- Dui Dupaan and the Daughter of the Great Ocean -- 3.Cultural Initiation -- Blind Dancer -- The Child and His Grandmother -- Tado-Tado -- The Sparrowhawk and the Swallow -- Tibo and Her Child -- 4.Transformations: The Dynamic Nature of Kanak Oral Traditions -- The Stockmen -- The Rat and the Octopus -- Bigne and Jola -- Idara, the Prophetess -- Caledonian Novel / P. Lambert -- pt. II Exploration and First Contact -- 5.James Cook: A Positive Account of Balade, New Caledonia, 1774 -- Cook's Arrival at Balade -- The Pig Incident -- Tools and Weapons -- Modesty of the Women -- 6.The Forsters: Cook's Philosophers Abroad -- Description of Women -- Temperament of the People -- Women -- The Pig Incident -- Systems of Government -- 7.D'Entrecasteaux: A Negative Account of Balade, 1792 -- Seeking Information in the Footsteps of La Perouse -- Assessment of the State of the People -- Leaving Balade -- 8.La Billardiere: Observations of a French Naturalist -- Expedition's Progress -- Cannibalism -- Chiefly Authority -- Theft -- 9.Nineteenth-Century Perspectives -- Land and Land Ownership / E. Deplanche -- The Character of the New Caledonians / E. Deplanche -- Political Organisation / E. Deplanche -- Description of the People / L. Thiercelin -- Ownership of Coconuts / L. Thiercelin -- pt. III Early Texts: Missionaries, Settlers, Convicts, and Kanak -- 10.Colonial Representations of Kanak Culture -- The Waterfall / G. Baudoux -- Horror Stories / G. Baudoux -- Kaavo / G. Baudoux -- That Old Tchiao / G. Baudoux -- Poindi and the Eel / J. Mariotti -- 11.Portraits of Colonial Society -- The Dinner Party / P. M. Nervat -- The Four Seasons / J. Mariotti -- A Kanak in Noumea / A. Laubreaux -- 12.Living in the Bush -- A Kanak School / M. Le Goupils -- Idyll / P. Bloc -- Struggles of a Small Landholder / J. Mariotti -- A Simple Story / J. Mariotti -- 13.Women's Lives -- Daily Life -- Naomi: A Kanak Woman's Life -- 14.The Voice of the Other -- Letter from a Kanak Chief in Exile / Deteane -- The Secrets of a Cannibal / P. Bloc -- pt. IV The Modern Period: From Colonial New Caledonia to the Kanaky-New Caledonia of the Noumea Agreement (1998) -- 15.From Colonial Regimes to Their Contestation (1870-1946) -- Language / M. Leenhardt -- 16.Rewriting Colonial History: Transitions to Modernity (1946-2006) -- Violent Land / J. Senes -- Pilou-Pilou: Straw Hats / J. Vanmai -- Justine or In Love with a Straw Hat / C. Regent -- A Day at Work in the Mine / J. Vanmai -- The Call of the Fatherland / J. Vanmai -- A Caledonian Pastoral / I. Kurtovitch -- Boghen Station / C. Jacques -- Colonial Stereotypes / A. Bensa -- The Exclusion Strategy / A. Bensa -- "Collective" Property / A. Bensa -- Precise Rules / A. Bensa -- 17.Kanak Rewriting of Colonial History -- Writing / D. Gorode -- Creation / D. Gorode -- Where Are You Going Muu? / D. Gorode -- The Ferryman / D. Gorode -- 18.Recovering Custom -- My School of Silence / W. Gorode -- The Calling of the Clans / J.M. Tjibaou -- Grandfather's House / D. Gorode -- The Kanak Apple Season / D. Gorode -- I Wea(the)r Time / D. Gorode -- 19.A Cultural Politics of Independence -- Dawn Serenade / D. Gorode -- Day after Day / D. Gorode -- Word of Struggle / D. Gorode -- It's High Time / W. Walepane -- The Homeland of Our Fathers / J.M. Tjibaou -- 20.Critique of Custom -- Kanak Reserves / D. Gorode -- Questions / D. Gorode -- The Land / D. Gorode -- Custom / D. Gorode -- Magic Spells / D. Gorode -- It's a Sign of the Times / D. Gorode -- Love and Other Catastrophes / D. Gorode -- Women / D. Gorode -- The Wreck / D. Gorode -- Life in Red, White and Blue / Nilde -- Where Is Justice? / P. Gope -- 21.Writing Together -- Independence / N. Kurtovitch -- The Land / N. Kurtovitch -- Being / N. Kurtovitch -- The Gods Are One-Eyed / N. Kurtovitch -- Being with the Other / D. Gorode -- Roots / D. Gorode -- Tropical Town / D. Gorode -- Netted / D. Gorode -- Waste Land / D. Gorode -- Old Nick / L. Gourdon -- Waiting-Room Heroes / F. Ohlen -- 22.Metissage and Cultural Hybridity -- The Black Mare / C. Jacques -- At the Water's Edge / N. Kurtovitch -- Jacques' Garden / N. Kurtovitch -- The Special Guest / N. Kurtovitch -- The Night of Storytelling / N. Kurtovitch -- Paris My Tribu, Paris My Village / W. Ihage -- This Land / C. Laurent -- Kenake 2000 / D. Gorode -- The Migratory Bird / D. Gorode -- The New Generation / D. Pourawa -- Sleeping Beauty / P. Wamo -- Traditional Amnesia / P. Wamo.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780824832223 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0824832221 (hardcover : alk. paper) - Related Titles
- La nuit des contes: mise en image de textes caledoniens
- Note
- Title on accompanying DVD: La nuit des contes: mise en image de textes caledoniens.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-385).
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