Imagining the Other - The Representation of the Papua New Guinean Subject

Klappentext Much has been written about Papua New Guinea over the last century and too often in ways that legitimated or served colonial interests through highly pejorative and racist descriptions of Papua New Guineans. Paying special attention to early travel literature, works of fiction, and colonial reports, laws, and legislation, Regis Tove Stella reveals the complex and persistant network of discursive strategies deployed to subjugate the land and its people. Zusammenfassung Much has been written about Papua New Guinea and too often in ways that legitimated or served colonial interests. Paying special attention to early travel literature! works of fiction! and colonial reports! laws! and legislation! this book aims to reveal the persistant network of discursive strategies deployed to subjugate the land and its people.

Product details

• Authors: Regis Tove Stella
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2007
• EAN: 9780824825751
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2575-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Anthropology Pacific Islands M; Pacific Islands Monograph Series; Pacific Islands Monograph Series; Pacific Islands Monograph
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)