| Titre | Pêcheurs de mer, pêcheurs de terre. La mer dans la pensée tongienne | |
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| Auteur | Marie-Claire Bataille-Benguigui | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 127-128, 1992 La terre et le Pacifique | |
| Page | 55-73 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Sea Fishers, Land Fishers. The Sea in Tongan Thought
On the Tonga Islands, relations with physical space, as well as the social and religious conceptions applied to the notion of territory, associate the land and sea. References to the ocean are very strong. The sea is much more than either the mere prolongation of island space or a part of the network of interisland relations. All men are called fishermen. Sea fishers, who tap the ocean's physical resources, have a close relationship with certain species of fish, the basis of divine images. Landsmen are land fishers ; they morally associate themselves with the appropriation of the ocean's resources through behaviors that consolidate social order in the group. Maritime tenure with controlled access to resources existed till the late 19th century. Despite current freedom of access, the privileged, socialized relation maintained with the oceanic environment has not completely disappeared. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1992_num_127_1_3380 |
