Pacific Romanticism - Tahiti And The European Imagination

Informationen zum Autor ALEXANDER H. BOLYANATZ is Assistant Professor in the Core Program at Benedictine University. He is also the author of Mortuary Feasting on New Ireland (Greenwood, 2000). Klappentext Europeans' romanticist imaginings of people from the South Pacific have been around since the Enlightenment and have been significantly informed by the accounts of voyages to Tahiti by people such as Louis Bougainville. This book shows that the overtly promiscuous behavior that the French perceived as hospitality on the part of the Tahitians in 1768 was actually a defensive ploy, and that our contemporary image of sex and sexuality in Pacific Island societies is influenced by a fantasy based on this French misperception. This volume takes a very detailed look at traditional Tahitian culture and society and provides a realistic description of what happened on Tahiti when Europeans encountered the people who lived there. Bolyanatz provides a very readable history of South Pacific exploration and Enlightenment thinking. Anyone interested in the development of Enlightenment thought and the way it has developed since the 18th century will enjoy this book. Zusammenfassung Europeans' romanticist imaginings of people from the South Pacific have been around since the Enlightenment and have been significantly informed by the accounts of voyages to Tahiti by people such as Louis Bougainville. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1767 The French Interpreting Tahiti Pacific Romanticism in Anthropology The British Other Voyages Conclusion References

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Bolyanatz, Alexander H. Bolyanatz, Bolyanatz Alexander H.
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2004
• EAN: 9780897897877
• ISBN: 978-0-89789-787-7
• No. of pages: 134
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Tahiti, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, General and world history, Geographical discovery and exploration, C 1700 To C 1800, Geography and World Cultures: Culture