Ian Campbell

Gone Native in Polynesia

Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific

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Produktbeschreibung

Campbell presents a study of the lives and experiences of Europeans and Americans in the age of early industrial overseas expansions, who became detatched from their own societies and lived, sometimes for many years, among Pacific Islanders as integrated members of their communities, often with little hope of returning home and frequently with no wish to do so. As engaging as primitivism was to European philosophers, the realities of contact between seafarers and islanders who faced previously unimagined technological and human marvels were much more pragmatic. Jealousy, ethnocentrism, and violence on both sides competed with humanitarian interests and indigenous hospitality to shape the emerging pattern of relationships. At first, Europeans crossed the oceans only for compelling reasons: the passion for scientific research, the dedication to Christian evangelism, or the uncompromising profit motive. Later, settlers and government officials followed in the wake of these early explorers. Scattered in the interstices of contact relationships were large numbers of men whose interest was not in changing native society or profiting from it, but in experiencing primitive life and simply surviving itself. These men included castaways and deserters, some abandoned by their captains and others kidnapped by the islanders. Their prospects depended on their successful integration into Polynesian society-and in making themselves useful by applying European knowledge and skills to local situations and by mediating between islanders and their insistent visitors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780313307874
• ISBN-10: 0313307873
• Artikelnr.: 22011497

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Inhaltsangabe

Preface Culture Contact and Polynesia Men in the Margins of Culture Contact
Early European Activity in Polynesia Polynesian Society and Politics in the
Early Contact Period Captivity Narratives Prologue James Morrison of Tahiti
Peter Hagerstein of Tahiti Edward Robarts of Marquesas William Torrey of
Marquesas John Young of Hawai'i George Vason of Tonga William Mariner of
Tonga James Read of Tonga David Whippy of Fiji John Twyning of Fiji, Wallis
and Futuna William Diaper the Wanderer Captivity Experiences Becoming a
Beachcomber Becoming a Polynesian The Immigrant's Role Cultural Modifiers
Beachcombers and the World Epilogue: Beachcombers and History Select
Bibliography Index