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Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches - one the size of two football fields - were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced oppressive laws and courts, which the youth resisted through seasonal displays of revelry and tattooing. Seeking an answer to why this event occurred in the way that it did, this book introduces and demonstrates an alternative "practice history" that draws on the work of Marshall Sahlins and employs Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, improvisation and practical logic.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Polynesian Iconoclasm
• Subtitle: Religious Revolution and the Seasonality of Power
• Author: Jeffrey Sissons
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 170
• EAN: 9781782384137
• ISBN: 1782384138
• ID: 04845342
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Weight: 408 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 155 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2014

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