Na Inoa Hoku: Hawaiian and Pacific Star Names - Couverture souple

Johnson, Rubellite Kawena; Mahelona, John Kaipo; Ruggles, Clive

9780954086756: Na Inoa Hoku: Hawaiian and Pacific Star Names

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ISBN 10 : 0954086759 ISBN 13 : 9780954086756

Editeur : Ocarina Books Ltd, 2015

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Biographie de l'auteur :

Rubellite Kawena Johnson is Professor Emerita of Hawaiian Language and Literature at the University of Hawai'i. Ruby was born and raised in Kaua'i and spent much of her early adult life traveling the Pacific with her family before joining the University of Hawai'i's Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages in 1967. Her publications include Kumulipo, the Hawaiian Hymn of Creation (1981) and The Kumulipo Mind: a Global Heritage (2000). A greatly respected scholar and advocate for Hawaiian culture, she was honored in 1983 as a "Living Treasure of Hawai'i".John Kaipo Mahelona, a former student of Ruby's, has a BA in Asian Studies and an MA in Pacific Island Studies. He speaks several languages, Pacific and European, in addition to Hawaiian. John currently teaches at the Academia Language School in Honolulu.Clive Ruggles is Emeritus Professor of Archaeoastronomy at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. His many academic publications on cultural astronomy include the 3-volume Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy (2014), for which he was editor-in-chief. Clive is also a leading figure in UNESCO's initiative with the International Astronomical Union to recognize, protect and promote the world's astronomical heritage sites.

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

In 1975, Hawaiian scholars Rubellite Kawena Johnson and John Kaipo Mahelona published Na Inoa Hoku,a Catalogue of Hawaiian and Pacific Star Names. Though long out of print, Na Inoa Hoku is still widely regarded as a definitive source of reference for anyone studying the use of astronomy in Polynesian voyaging as well as the nature and development of ritual and calendrical practices throughout the Pacific. Working together with archaeoastronomer Clive Ruggles, the authors have extensively revised and extended the catalogues as well as bringing up to date the discussion of their broader context and significance. This new edition of Na Inoa Hoku is completely overhauled, vastly expanded, and includes new translations of many key original Hawaiian sources from the mid-19th century onwards.

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