PAIDEUMA, 55, 2009

 

Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde is the official academic publication of the Frobenius-Institut at the J.W. Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main), and is a peer-reviewed journal. Founded in 1938 by Leo Frobenius and edited with support from the Frobenius-Gesellschaft, Paideuma has published articles on African societies and history, as well as on other regions and topics of general theoretical interest. In recent years Paideuma has widened its scope to focus also on Eastern Indonesia and Oceania. Verlag W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, Berlin and Köln. ISSN 0078-7809. Paideuma@em.uni-frankfurt.de

 

The recent issue of Paideuma, Vol. 55, 2009, includes the following articles and book reviews which might be of interest to Pacific scholars and students:

 

Articles

 

Dreams of Unity, Traditions of Division: John Frum, Kastom and Inter-manipulation Strategies on Tanna (Vanuatu), by Marc Tabani

 

 'Becoming Sinners' by the Force of Cultural Logics? Joel Robbins on Christianity and Cultural Change in Papua New Guinea, by Lena Heinzmann

 

Des Ethnologen Begegnung mit den Fremden: Gegenübertragung auf dem trobriandischen Kiriwina, by Christian Maier

 

Reviews

 

John Barker (ed.), The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007), reviewed by Rupert Stasch

 

Susanne Kuehling, Dobu: Ethics of Exchange on a Massim Island, Papua New Guinea (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005), reviewed by Caroline Thomas

 

Fenella Cannell (ed.), The Anthropology of Christianity (Durham: Duke University Press, 2006), reviewed by Andreas Türk

 

Christine Winkelmann, Kulturelle Identitätskonstruktionen in der Post-Suharto-Zeit: Chinesischstämmige Indonesier zwischen Assimilation und Besinnung auf ihre Wurzeln (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2008), reviewed by Holger Warnk