Family and Gender in the Pacific : Domestic Contradictions and the Colonial Impact (Paperback)

Introduction Margaret Jolly and Martha MacIntyre; 1. New England missionary wives, Hawaiian women and 'the cult of true womanhood' Patricia Grimshaw; 2. Changes in the lives of ordinary women in early post-contact Hawaii Caroline Ralston; 3. Domestic structures and polyandry in the Marquesas Islands Nicholas Thomas; 4. The object lesson of a civilised, Christian home Diane Langmore; 5. Medical care and gender in Papua New Guinea Donald Denoon; 6. Suffer the children: Wesleyans in the D'Entrecasteaux Michael W. Young; 7. Women in contemporary Central Enga society, Papua New Guinea M. J. Meggitt; 8. Better homes and gardens Martha MacIntyre; 9. God, ghosts and people: Christianity and social organisation among Takuru Wiru Jeffrey Clark; 10. Sins of a mission: Christian life as Kwaio traditionalist ideology Roger M. Keesing; 11. Sacred spaces: churches, men's houses and households in South Pentecost, Vanuatu Margaret Jolly; 12. Bond-slaves of Satan: Aboriginal women and the missionary dilemma Annette Hamilton; Bibliography; Index.