TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tomlinson,Matt
AU  - Kawika Tengan,Ty P.
TI  - New Mana: Transformations of a Classic Concept in Pacific Languages and Cultures
T2  - Monographs in Anthropology Series
SN  - 9781760460082
AV  - GN471 -- .N49 2016eb 
U1  - 301.20999999999998 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Canberra
PB  - ANU Press
KW  - Mana--Pacific Area
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- About the Cover Art -- A Note on the Typesetting -- Introduction: Mana Anew -- Mana Hawaiʻi: An Examination of Political Uses of the Word Mana in Hawaiian -- The Mana of Kū: Indigenous Nationhood, Masculinity and Authority in Hawai'i -- Bodies Permeable and Divine: Tapu, Mana and the Embodiment of Hegemony in Pre‑Christian Tonga -- Niu Mana, Sport, Media and the Australian Diaspora -- Mana, Power and 'Pawa' in the Pacific and Beyond -- Mana on the Move: Why Empirical Anchorage Trumps Philosophical Drift -- 'Press the Button, Mama!' Mana and Christianity on Makira, Solomon Islands -- The State of Mana, the Mana of the State -- Theologies of Mana and Sau in Fiji -- Claiming Pule, Manifesting Mana: Ordinary Ethics and Pentecostal Self-making in Samoa -- Mana for a New Age -- How Mana Left the Pacific and Became a Video Game Mechanic -- Afterword: Shape-Shifting Mana: Travels in Space and Time -- Contributors
N2  - 'Mana', a term denoting spiritual power, is found in many Pacific Islands languages. In recent decades, the term has been taken up in New Age movements and online fantasy gaming. In this book, 16 contributors examine mana through ethnographic, linguistic, and historical lenses to understand its transformations in past and present
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