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Dissertation
MARSHALLESE POST-COLONIAL EXPERIENCE: PRESERVATION AND INNOVATION IN CONTEMPORARY OCEANIA
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000003161
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/122538
Abstract
As a once-colonized people now living primarily in transnational family groups, Marshall Islanders have gone through rapid cultural changes. To better understand these changes, I present three ethnographic perspectives. The first is an analysis of Majuro’s transformation from a small village to the contemporary capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The second is a rich description of the Marshallese first birthday party, a vibrant tradition. The third investigates movement, communication, and change within Marshallese families. The dissertation explores experience as the meeting of historical trajectories, structural incentives and constraints, cultural models, and individual agency.
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- Title
- MARSHALLESE POST-COLONIAL EXPERIENCE: PRESERVATION AND INNOVATION IN CONTEMPORARY OCEANIA
- Creators
- Jordan Michael Prokosch
- Contributors
- Jeannette M Mageo (Advisor)Marsha Quinlan (Committee Member)Robert Quinlan (Committee Member)Nancy McKee (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 178
- Identifiers
- 99900652004601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation