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Varua Tupu

Author : Frank Stewart
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824830199
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Varua Tupu written by Frank Stewart and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Varua Tupu: New Writing and Art from French Polynesia strengthens the ancient ties between Hawai'i and the islands of French Polynesia by translating the voices of an emerging Ma'ohi (Polynesian) literary community into English and showcasing the cultural arts of the region in general. This volume features translations of a variety of locally celebrated genres, including poetry, memoir, and fiction. Though this work is focussed on the current moment, it includes fresh translations of poet Henri Hiro, who served as a spark to the tinder of the Tahitian cultural renaissance in the 1960s and 1970s and who continues to inspire the current generation of literary activists. Since the eighteenth century, a mythic and misleading image of Tahiti has become familiar to the world at large. Varua Tupu represents the first opportunity for the international community to experience the many islands of Te Ao Ma'ohi through their own voices and visual arts.

Georges Baudoux's Jean M'Barai The Trepang Fisherman

Author : Karin Speedy
Publisher : UTS ePRESS
ISBN 13 : 0994503911
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book Georges Baudoux's Jean M'Barai The Trepang Fisherman written by Karin Speedy and published by UTS ePRESS. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1860 and 1910, Australian governments sanctioned and then tried to stop the trafficking of South Sea Islanders to Queensland as forced labourers. Over 60,000 Islanders were lured from their villages: tricked, transported, forced to work in the harsh Queensland bush, and then repatriated. Most Islanders returned with little savings to find their communities deeply scarred by the blackbirding trade and the internecine tribal conflict it had provoked. Georges Baudoux (1865-1949) was brought up amongst the Islanders who experienced the raw and competing greed of French, British and Australian colonialism. Son of a French prison commander stationed in New Caledonia, Baudoux lead a colourful life amongst the Pacific islands and deep in the brousse (bush) before becoming an author and capturing the stories of his travels and, importantly, the experiences of friends and colleagues as life in the islands changed forever. In recognition of his work, he was awarded the esteemed Palmes Académiques, the French medal for literary and academic achievement. Jean M'Barai is one of his best works. Expertly translated by Dr Karin Speedy and published here in English for the first time, this book exposes the rich, complex and brutal world of a South Sea Islander caught up in the duplicitous trade that came to be known as Blackbirding. It is an exciting, provocative and often astonishing account, drawing on the lived experience of people known to the author. In her critical introduction, Dr Speedy uncovers not just the author and his intriguing life (a life that spanned the uprising of the Paris communards in 1870 to post-Second World War reconstruction in the Pacific), but also the challenges for scholars working in, and undertaking translations in, the Francophone/Anglophone colonial/postcolonial sphere. Here, where empires, languages and Pacific peoples collide, the nuances of culture and terminology really matter if we are to find meaning amongst the shifting tides of use. Accompanied by photographs, postcards, cartoons and maps, this is a book to read and re-read, to contemplate ingenuity and inhumanity and the price all cultures pay as they are tested by forces beyond their control. It is a story that still resonates today, as we reflect on the experiences and resilience of the Pacific South Sea Islanders who contributed to modern Australia: the many that left and the descendants of those who stayed.

Islands Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beyond Article 19

Author : Julie Biando Edwards
Publisher : Library Juice Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1936117509
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Article 19 written by Julie Biando Edwards and published by Library Juice Press, LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Article 19: Libraries and Social and Cultural Rights addresses the subject of libraries and cultural rights, a topic that has received relatively little attention in the past, but which librarians and others concerned with human rights are beginning to recognize and talk about. Librarians have long been concerned with individual rights and have worked tirelessly - indeed making it a basic tenet of the profession - to protect and preserve those rights. Little has been written about the role that libraries can play in protecting and promoting group rights, specifically cultural rights. This book examines this shortfall by exploring the relationship between libraries, cultural rights, and community life and identity.

New CHamoru Literature

Author : Craig Santos Perez
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824898435
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book New CHamoru Literature written by Craig Santos Perez and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New CHamoru Literature highlights an intergenerational selection of eighteen emerging, mid-career, and established CHamoru authors, including an extended feature on master storyteller Peter R. Onedera. As Onedera explains in his essay, “The Dilemma of an Official Word,” Chamorro, Chamoru, CHamoru are different spellings of the same “description used in reference to Guam’s indigenous people and those in the Marianas archipelago for thousands of years.” Within the pages of this rich collection, you will find diverse genres, including poetry, chant, fiction, creative nonfiction, and playwriting. The pieces are composed predominantly in English; however, the opening chant is in the CHamoru language (with translation by the author), other pieces are multilingual, and one poem is composed in CHamoru creole English. The themes range from genealogy to identity, colonialism to cultural revitalization, ecological connection to environmental injustice, love to sexual abuse, and belonging to diaspora. This anthology will introduce readers to the Mariana archipelago and the vibrancy of CHamoru literature, culture, histories, migrations, politics, memories, traumas, and dreams.

Once Were Pacific

Author : Alice Te Punga Somerville
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816677565
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Once Were Pacific written by Alice Te Punga Somerville and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the relationship between indigeneity and migration among Maori and Pacific peoples

The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

Author : Roland Greene
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691154910
Total Pages : 1678 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics written by Roland Greene and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-26 with total page 1678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics / Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan, co-editors; Frank J. Warnke, O.B. Hardison, Jr., and Earl Miner, associate editors. 1993.

Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific

Author : Michelle Keown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135016690
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific written by Michelle Keown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary collection explores the confluence of American and British (neo)imperalism in the Pacific, as represented in various forms of Pacific discourse including literature, ethnography, film, painting, autobiography, journalism, and environmental discourse. It investigates the alliances and rivalries between these two colonial powers during the crucial transition period of the early-to-mid twentieth century, also exploring indigenous Pacific responses to Anglo-American imperialism during and beyond the decolonization period of the late twentieth century. While the relationship between Britain and the US has been analyzed through prominent forms of economic and cultural exchange between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, there is to date no sustained study of the relationship between British and US colonial expansion into the Pacific, which became central to ideas of developing ‘European’ modernity in the late eighteenth century and has played a pivotal in the history of Anglo-American colonialism, from the establishment of plantation economies and settler colonies in the nineteenth century to various forms of military imperialism during and beyond the twentieth century. The wide range of discursive and expressive modes explored in this collection makes for a rich and multifaceted analysis of representations of, and responses to, Anglo-American imperialism, and is in keeping with the current interdisciplinary turn in postcolonial studies.

The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries

Author : Roland Greene
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691170517
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries written by Roland Greene and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and comprehensive guide to poetry throughout the world The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries—drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics—provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the history and practice of poetry in more than 100 major regional, national, and diasporic literatures and language traditions around the globe. With more than 165 entries, the book combines broad overviews and focused accounts to give extensive coverage of poetic traditions throughout the world. For students, teachers, researchers, poets, and other readers, it supplies a one-of-a-kind resource, offering in-depth treatment of Indo-European poetries (all the major Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages, and others); ancient Middle Eastern poetries (Hebrew, Persian, Sumerian, and Assyro-Babylonian); subcontinental Indian poetries (Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, and more); Asian and Pacific poetries (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Nepalese, Thai, and Tibetan); Spanish American poetries (those of Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, and many other Latin American countries); indigenous American poetries (Guaraní, Inuit, and Navajo); and African poetries (those of Ethiopia, Somalia, South Africa, and other countries, and including African languages, English, French, and Portuguese). Complete with an introduction by the editors, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding poetry in an international context. Drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Provides more than 165 authoritative entries on poetry in more than 100 regional, national, and diasporic literatures and language traditions throughout the world Features extensive coverage of non-Western poetic traditions Includes an introduction, bibliographies, cross-references, and a general index

Tightrope

Author : Selina Tusitala Marsh
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 177558951X
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Tightrope written by Selina Tusitala Marsh and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We are what we remember, the self is a trick of memory . . . history is the remembered tightrope that stretches across the abyss of all that we have forgotten" —Maualaivao Albert Wendt Built around the abyss, the tightrope, and the trick that we all have to perform to walk across it, Pasifika poetry warrior Selina Tusitala Marsh brings to life in Tightrope her ongoing dialogue with memory, life and death to find out whether ‘stories' really can ‘cure the incurable'. In Marsh's poetry, sharp intelligence combines a focused warrior fierceness with perceptive humour and energy, upheld by the mana of the Pacific. She mines rich veins – the tradition and culture of her whanau and Pacific nations; the works of feminist poets and leaders; words of distinguished poets Derek Walcott and Albert Wendt – to probe the particularities of words and cultures. Selina Tusitala Marsh's Tightrope takes us from the bustle of the world's largest Polynesian city, Auckland, through Avondale and Apia, and on to London and New York on an extraordinary poetic voyage.

New Mana

Author : Matt Tomlinson
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760460087
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book New Mana written by Matt Tomlinson and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Mana’, a term denoting spiritual power, is found in many Pacific Islands languages. In recent decades, the term has been taken up in New Age movements and online fantasy gaming. In this book, 16 contributors examine mana through ethnographic, linguistic, and historical lenses to understand its transformations in past and present. The authors consider a range of contexts including Indigenous sovereignty movements, Christian missions and Bible translations, the commodification of cultural heritage, and the dynamics of diaspora. Their investigations move across diverse island groups—Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Hawai‘i, and French Polynesia—and into Australia, North America and even cyberspace. A key insight that the volume develops is that mana can be analysed most productively by paying close attention to its ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Since the late nineteenth century, mana has been an object of intense scholarly interest. Writers in many fields including anthropology, linguistics, history, religion, philosophy, and missiology have long debated how the term should best be understood. The authors in this volume review mana’s complex intellectual history but also describe the remarkable transformations going on in the present day as scholars, activists, church leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs take up mana in new ways.

Contemporary Revolutions

Author : Susan Stanford Friedman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350045314
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Revolutions written by Susan Stanford Friedman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to revolution's original meaning of 'cycle', Contemporary Revolutions explores how 21st-century writers, artists, and performers re-engage the arts of the past to reimagine a present and future encompassing revolutionary commitments to justice and freedom. Dealing with histories of colonialism, slavery, genocide, civil war, and gender and class inequities, essays examine literature and arts of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and the United States. The broad range of contemporary writers and artists considered include fabric artist Ellen Bell; poets Selena Tusitala Marsh and Antje Krog; Syrian artists of the civil war and Sana Yazigi's creative memory web site about the war; street artist Bahia Shehab; theatre installation artist William Kentridge; and the recycles of Virginia Woolf by multi-media artist Kabe Wilson, novelist W. G. Sebald, and the contemporary trans movement.

The New Arcadia

Author : Monique Layton
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 146026861X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The New Arcadia written by Monique Layton and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SINCE BEING “DISCOVERED ” IN 1767, Tahiti has faced a profound cultural upheaval. From the start, she has been branded with the irresistible dual myth of the Noble Savage’s harmonious Arcadian life and of the vahine’s amorous favours freely granted. People (navigators, missionaries, whalers, slavers) and events (deadly epidemics, atomic testing, and now tourism), all have contributed over time to creating the modern Tahitian quandary: trying to recover an idealized past and losing the benefits of modern life, or continuing as a cog in the French administrative system and losing her soul. Based on historical records, sailors’ journals, Ma’ohi epic poetry, European paintings, folkloric events, the film industry, and novels by modern Tahitian writers, this book follows the passage from Otaheite’s paradisal way of life, through the disastrous encounter with European civilization, ending with French Polynesia’s modern prospects. Most remarkable of all is the enduring Ma’ohi culture’s survival into the twenty-first century.

Moon Tahiti

Author : David Stanley
Publisher : Moon Travel
ISBN 13 : 1612381146
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Moon Tahiti written by David Stanley and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Pacific expert David Stanley knows the best way to vacation in Tahiti, from browsing the Papeete market to snorkeling off the island of Moorea. David also includes unique trip ideas like The Best of French Polynesia and Underwater in the Tuamotu Islands. Complete with details on taking lagoon tours and jeep safaris, lounging in Polynesian spas, and partaking in lavish seafood buffets, Moon Tahiti gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Tahiti Beyond the Postcard

Author : Miriam Kahn
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 029599102X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Tahiti Beyond the Postcard written by Miriam Kahn and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tahiti evokes visions of white beaches and beautiful women. This imagined paradise, created by Euro-American romanticism, endures today as the bedrock of Tahiti's tourism industry, while quite a different place is inhabited and experienced by ta'ata ma'ohi, as Tahitians refer to themselves. This book brings into dialogue the perspectives on place of both Tahitians and Europeans. Miriam Kahn is professor of anthropology at the University of Washington and author of Always Hungry, Never Greedy.

Moon Tahiti & French Polynesia

Author : Chantae Reden
Publisher : Moon Travel
ISBN 13 : 1640496300
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Moon Tahiti & French Polynesia written by Chantae Reden and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re hiking through lush forests, diving deep among coral reefs, or just kicking back on the beach, indulge in island life with Moon Tahiti & French Polynesia. Inside you’ll find: Flexible itineraries for solo travelers, honeymooners, and families, including two weeks experiencing the best of French Polynesia, a weeklong romantic getaway, and a trip to the awe-inspiring archaeological sites of the Marquesas Islands Must-see highlights and unique experiences: Dance to the beat of Tahitian drums at a Polynesian cultural festival, admire striking views of Moorea’s volcanic landscape from Belvedere Lookout, and fall asleep under the stars from the comfort of your overwater bungalow in Bora Bora. Venture out to the Marquesas Islands for dramatic landscapes, secluded beaches, and the best handicrafts in the region, visit ancient tikis, and feast on delicious fresh seafood and tropical fruit Outdoor adventures: Get up close with migrating humpback whales and scuba dive with sharks, manta rays, sea turtles, and more. Trek along a jungle trail in search of refreshing waterfalls, paddle a traditional outrigger canoe across a bright blue lagoon, or unwind on the pink and white shores of idyllic Tikehau How to experience Tahiti and French Polynesia like an insider, support local and sustainable businesses, avoid over-tourism, and respectfully engage with the culture Expert insight from writer, photographer, and experienced diver Chantae Reden on where to eat, how to get around, and where to stay, from overwater bungalows and luxurious resorts to budget guesthouses Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout Reliable background information on the landscape, climate, wildlife, and history, as well as common customs and etiquette Experience the best of French Polynesia with Moon. Looking for more islands? Check out Moon Fiji or Moon Bali & Lombok.

Cultural Crossings

Author : Raylene L. Ramsay
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9789052016559
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Crossings written by Raylene L. Ramsay and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hitherto undiscovered yet fundamental historical and literary texts from the Pacific provide the subject matter of this collection of essays which sets out to explore the new forms of writing and hybrid identities emerging from both past and contemporary cultural contact and exchange in the 'South Seas'. This is also a weaving of the connections between Francophone and Anglophone writers long separated by colonial history. Luis Cardoso, writing in Portuguese from East Timor offers further points of contrast. The places of encounter - the beaches of Tahiti, the retelling of the texts of oral tradition, indigenous mastery of writing and appropriation of Western technology, the construction of contemporary Pacific anthologies or emerging post-colonial writing and translation - are sites of interaction and mixing that also involve negotiations of mana or power. From Pierre Loti's mythical and feminised Tahitians to Déwé Gorodé's silenced women, the outcomes of such negotiations are dynamic and different syncretisms. Two chapters reexamine the theoretical concept of hybridity from these Pacific perspectives. Les articles publiés dans le présent recueil explorent les nouvelles formes d'écriture et les identités hybrides issues du creuset des Mers du Sud. Relativement inconnus, les textes au coeur de ces articles n'en sont pas moins les oeuvres fondatrices de la région du Pacifique Sud dont ils constituent la trame historique et littéraire. Longtemps tenus à l'écart les uns des autres par l'histoire coloniale de la région, les textes d'auteurs francophones et anglophones s'enchevêtrent et se recoupent en de multiples domaines. La reprise des textes de tradition orale, l'appropriation autochtone des technologies occidentales, la création d'anthologies contemporaines et l'émergence d'une littérature postcoloniale, sont autant de sites d'interactions et de convergence qui exigent une négociation permanente entre les pouvoirs et mana en présence. C'est une nouvelle facette du concept d'hybridité que nous proposent ces études de la région Pacifique.