Representing the South Pacific : colonial discourse from Cook to Gauguin /

This book examines how the South Pacific was represented by explorers, missionaries, travellers, writers, and artists between 1767 and 1914 by drawing on history, literature, art history, and anthropology. Edmond engages with colonial texts and postcolonial theory, criticising both for their failure...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Edmond, Rod
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Ellis, William, > (1794-1872)
Gauguin, Paul, > (1848-1903)
London, Jack, > (1876-1916) > Critique et interprétation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
Colonization
International relations
Kolonialismus
Tahiti > Motiv
Cultuurcontact.
Reisbeschrijvingen.
Representatie (algemeen)
Colonisation > Océanie.
Colonisation > Pacifique, Îles du.
Oceania > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Oceania.
Oceania > Colonization.
Océanie > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Océanie.
Océanie > Colonisation.
Europe
Oceania
Ozeanien
Océanie > Dans la littérature.
Pacifique, Îles du > Dans la littérature.
Pacifique, Îles du > Descriptions et voyages > Peinture.
Pacifique, Îles du > 19e siècle.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Killing the god: the afterlife of Cook's death
  • 3. Mutineers and beachcombers
  • 4. Missionary endeavours
  • 5. Trade and adventure
  • 6. Taking up with kanakas: Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific
  • 7. Skin and bones: Jack London's diseased Pacific
  • 8. The French Pacific
  • 9. Epilogue.

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