"The presentation of these two sets of letters is first-rate. Nothing less would be expected of a project in which Nicholas Thomas--a leading figure in the fields of anthropology and history--is involved."--George E. Marcus, Rice University
"The presentation of these two sets of letters is first-rate. Nothing less would be expected of a project in which Nicholas Thomas--a leading figure in the fields of anthropology and history--is involved."--George E. Marcus, Rice University
Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London. His books include In Oceania: Visions, Artifacts, Histories, also published by Duke University Press. Richard Eves is an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, also at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at the Australian National University. He is the author of The Magical Body: Power, Fame, and Meaning in a Melanesian Society.
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List of Illustrations xix Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction: Letter Writing and Colonial Selfhood 1 1. " An Awfully bad Hand at Letter Writing": Vernon Lee Walker and Colonial History 9 2. The Letters of Vernon Lee Walker, 1878-1887 19 3. Self-Fashioning and Savagery: Louis Becke's Pacific Letters 77 4. The Letters of Louis Becke, 188-1882 91 5. The Apotheosis of Savagery: Louis Becke's Pacific Tales 129 Epilogue: Figures in History 146 Notes 149 Bibliography 155 Index 161
List of Illustrations xix Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction: Letter Writing and Colonial Selfhood 1 1. " An Awfully bad Hand at Letter Writing": Vernon Lee Walker and Colonial History 9 2. The Letters of Vernon Lee Walker, 1878-1887 19 3. Self-Fashioning and Savagery: Louis Becke's Pacific Letters 77 4. The Letters of Louis Becke, 188-1882 91 5. The Apotheosis of Savagery: Louis Becke's Pacific Tales 129 Epilogue: Figures in History 146 Notes 149 Bibliography 155 Index 161
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