Title: Working with the ancestors : mana and place in the Marquesas Islands /
Authors: Donaldson, Emily C.
Year: 2019
Subjects: Ethnology French Polynesia Marquesas Islands; Sacred space French Polynesia Marquesas Islands.; Mana French Polynesia Marquesas Islands.; Land use Social aspects French Polynesia Marquesas Islands.; Ethnology; Land use Social aspects; Mana; Manners and customs; Sacred space; Marquesas Islands Social life and customs.; French Polynesia Marquesas Islands
Contents: The sacred and the sustainable -- Marquesan lands : a living history -- Contested lands : the tenure of ancestral places -- Spirits and bodies : Marquesan engagements with place and the past -- Living from the land : livelihoods, heritage, and development -- Beyond heritage : power, respect, and UNESCO -- Sustainability and loss : heritage management in practice -- Building a future on sacred lands.