Person and Place

Concerned with contemporary notions of personhood and the relationship between persons and places, this book, presents a detailed insight into the Vanua Lavan’s engagement with modernity, and examines how they relate to the past, make sense of the present and anticipate the future. Marilyn Strathern''s claim that the Melanesian person is a dividual by and large holds for the Vanua Lavan person. Bu...