"This collection of articles touches upon some important issues
in humanistic anthropology.... Folklorists, students of comparative
literature, and anthropologists can all find something of interest
in these essays." American Anthropologist
"Superbly edited, impeccably researched, and discriminatingly
tied together as a coherent gathering of insight, the volume is a
welcome addition to a significant field of study that is only now
beginning to appreciate the finer achievements of the South Pacific
s unique contribution." Rongorongo Studies
..". the defining collection on contemporary verbal arts in
Oceania.... of real value to scholars concerned with the
relationships between verbal art, social change, gender, power,
and] social organization." Don Brenneis
..". it will be welcome to historians of the South Pacific and
useful to others grappling with problems of oral tradition."
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"The volume abundantly illustrates the continuing vitality of
oral traditions in the South Pacific, as well as the continuing
wealth these traditions provide for researchers." Pacific
Affairs"
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