Samoan village
By: by Lowell Holmes.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Ethnology -- American Samoa -- Fitiuta -- Case studies; Culture diffusion -- American Samoa -- Fitiuta -- Case studies; Fitiuta (American Samoa) -- Social life and customs -- Case studies
Notes: Bibliography: p. 109-111.
Table of contents: title: The village ; race, language, and cultural history. Physical type -- Language -- Origins : the anthropological view -- Origins : the Samoan mythological view -- Origin of the name of Fitiuta -- The coming of the white man -- Missionary activity -- The Wilkes expedition -- Colonial power struggle -- The American navy in Samoa -- American influence in Manu’a -- The world of the Fale and the Fono. Role of the Matai -- Chiefs and talking chiefs -- Roles of chiefs and talking chiefs -- The aumaga -- The aualuma -- A day of decision -- The world of work. Agriculture -- Fishing -- The fishing specialist -- Household tasks -- The Samoan Fale -- The commission -- The world of the spirit. The contemporary Samoan church -- Sunday in Samoa -- The church dedication -- The day to day world : life cycle. The wedding -- Domestic life -- Old age -- The changing Samoan world. The winds of change -- Educational television -- Economic development -- The changing matai system -- Fitiuta family economics -- Emigration -- The environment -- The political future.