The apotheosis of Captain Cook : European mythmaking in the Pacific /

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"In January 1778 Captain James Cook "discovered" the Hawaiian islands and was hailed by the native peoples as their returning god Lono. On a return trip, after a futile attempt to discover the Northwest Passage, Cook was killed in what modern anthropologists and historians interpret a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Obeyesekere, Gananath (Autor)
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Honolulu, Hawaii : Princeton University Press : Bishop Museum Press, ©1992.
Temas:
Cook, James, > 1728-1779.
Cook, James > 1728-1779
Obeyesekere, Gananath > 1930- > The apotheosis of James Cook
Cook, James.
To 1893
Ethnology > Polynesia.
Ethnologie > Polynésie.
HISTORY / Asia / General
Discoveries in geography.
Ethnology.
Historiography.
Mythos
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Mythevorming.
Hawaii > History > To 1893.
Hawaii > History > To 1893 > Historiography.
Polynesia > Discovery and exploration.
Hawaii > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1893.
Hawaii > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1893 > Historiographie.
Polynésie > Découverte et exploration.
Hawaii.
Polynesia.
Polynesien
Exploration
Oceania
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Captain Cook and the European Imagination
  • Myth Models
  • Improvisation Rationality and Savage Thought
  • The Third Coming: A Flashback to the South Seas
  • The Visit to Tahiti and the Destruction of Eimeo
  • The Discovery of Hawaii
  • The Thesis of the Apotheosis
  • Further Objections to the Apotheosis: Maculate Perceptions and Cultural Conceptions
  • Anthropology and Pseudo-History
  • Politics and the Apotheosis: A Hawaiian Perspective
  • The Other Lono: Omiah, the Dalai Lama of the Hawaiians
  • Cook, Lono, and the Makahiki Festival
  • The Narrative Resumed: The Last Days
  • The Death of Cook: British and Hawaiian Versions
  • Language Games and the European Apotheosis of James Cook
  • The Humanist Myth in New Zealand History
  • The Resurrection and Return of James Cook
  • The Versions of the Apotheosis in the Traditions of Sea Voyagers
  • Cook, Fornication, and Evil: The Myth of the Missionaries
  • On Native Histories: Myth, Debate, and Contentious Discourse
  • Monterey Melons; or, A Native's Reflection on the Topic of Tropical Tropes
  • Myth Models in Anthropological Narrative
  • The Mourning and the Aftermath
  • Appendix I: The Destruction of Hikiau and the Death of William Watman
  • Appendix II: Kalii and the Divinity of Kings.

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