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Jun 5, 2012 · In nineteenth-century Fiji, cannibalism was a key symbol, the focal paradigmatic gesture upon which orderly social relations were mythically and ritually based. The passions exhibited in cannibal custom – the rage, joy, fierce aggressiveness, and sexual excess – were deeply etched in the Fijian collective psyche and social foundation.
Cannibalism epitomized Fiji in Europe, Australia, and the United States, where a vibrant market emerged in postcards, travel narratives, mission- ary reminiscences, exhibits or traveling freak shows displaying human and
The last full-blooded Tasmanian Aborigine died in 1876. In contrast, Wesleyan missionaries first came to Fiji in the 1830s, where they discovered ongoing warfare and such “diabolical” customs as infanticide and cannibalism, which they diligently sought to eliminate.
Recounting the stories told by the mission’s leadership, including missionaries and ministers, to its grassroots membership, this book draws on archival and ethnographic research to reveal the emergence of ethno-nationalisms in Fiji, the legacies of which are still being managed in the post-colonial state today.
- John Darch
Ironically, the last act of cannibalism in Fiji claimed the lives of an English missionary, the Reverend Thomas Baker of East Sussex, and his accompanying party of Methodist Fijians. The...
Sep 16, 2011 · Although most accounts of cannibalism throughout history have been fabricated or at least exaggerated, the Wesleyan missionaries in Fiji before 1874 provide some of the best eyewitness...
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Oct 11, 2011 · Search metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search radio transcripts ... The cannibal islands; or, Fiji and its people .. ... download 1 file ...
