This 1998 book examines nineteenth-century European accounts of contact and settlement in the Pacific, and Polynesian responses to technologies of writing and print.
This 1998 book examines nineteenth-century European accounts of contact and settlement in the Pacific, and Polynesian responses to technologies of writing and print.
Vanessa Hedwig Smith is a painter, filmmaker, and writer who has lived and worked in India, Nepal, England, and the US. She has worked on feature-length documentaries, shorts, PSAs, music videos, outdoor installations, murals, and other design projects. Smith produced a BBC Correspondent which helped free a 14-year old girl from prison, helped to change Nepalese law, and won the Amnesty International Media 2000 Award. She holds a BA from Stanford in Urban Design, and an MA from Columbia University in Anthropology. Her work can be seen at http://vanessahsmithpictures.com
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: acts of reading 1. 'A gift of fabrication': the beachcomber as bricoleur 2. Lip service and conversation 3. 'Other people's books': Stevenson's Pacific travels 4. Piracy and exchange: Stevenson's Pacific fictions 5. In the press of events: Stevenson's Pacific history Afterword: 'the impediment of tongues' Notes Bibliography Index.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: acts of reading 1. 'A gift of fabrication': the beachcomber as bricoleur 2. Lip service and conversation 3. 'Other people's books': Stevenson's Pacific travels 4. Piracy and exchange: Stevenson's Pacific fictions 5. In the press of events: Stevenson's Pacific history Afterword: 'the impediment of tongues' Notes Bibliography Index.
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