In Oceania : visions, artifacts, histories / Nicholas Thomas
- Bib ID:
- 92577
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Thomas, Nicholas
- Description:
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- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1997
- xvi, 269 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0822320029 (acid-free paper)
- 0822319985 (acid-free paper) (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- Introduction: Tupaia's Map
- Pt. I. Visions of History and Anthropology. 1. Partial Texts: Representation, Colonialism, and Agency in Pacific History. 2. Alejandro Mayta in Fiji: Narratives about Millenarianism, Colonialism, Postcolonial Politics, and Custom
- Pt. II. Colonial Images and Narratives. 3. Liberty and Licence: New Zealand Societies in Cook Voyage Anthropology. 4. Objects of Knowledge: Oceanic Artifacts in European Engravings. 5. Melanesians and Polynesians: Ethnic Typifications inside and outside Anthropology. 6. Fear and Loathing in the South Pacific: Colonial and Postcolonial History in Popular Fiction
- Pt. III. Beyond the Invention of Tradition. 7. Tin and Thatch. 8. The Inversion of Tradition. 9. Contrasts: Marriage and Identity in Western Fiji
- Epilogue: From Contrast to Relation
- App. The Bula Tale Movement.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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