Representing the South Pacific: Colonial Discourse from Cook to Gauguin

by Rod Edmond

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This book examines how the South Pacific was represented by explorers, missionaries, travelers, writers and artists between 1767 and 1914. It draws on history, literature, art history, and anthropology in its study of different, often conflicting colonial discourses of the Pacific. Among its themes are the persistent mythmaking around the figure of Cook, the Western obsession with Polynesian sexuality, tattooing, cannibalism and leprosy, the Pacific...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521021138

ISBN13:9780521021135

Release Date:October 2005

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Politics & Government Social Science Social Sciences

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