In Oceania - Visions, Artifacts, Histories

Australian scholar Nicholas Thomas documents and analyzes "rhetorical artifacts" of explorers, missionaries, fiction and travel writers, and the people of the Pacific themselves to demonstrate how Oceanic identities have been represented over time. The picture Thomas paints of Oceania shows that interactions between indigenous cultures and European influences created entirely new Oceanic identities. 62 illustrations. 304 pp.

About the author

Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of numerous books, including Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific.

Summary

A collection of essays that explores the historicisation of cultural encounters in the region referred to as Oceania. It describes how outsiders and islanders alike have constructed indigenous cultures over the last two hundred years.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Nicholas, Thomas, Nicholas Thomas
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.1997
• EAN: 9780822319986
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1998-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 154 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 484 g
• Illustrations: 62 illustrations
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Archäologie, Sociology, Australische und Pazifische Geschichte, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand