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Facing the Pacific: Polynesia and the U.S. Imperial Imagination
Jeffrey Geiger
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Hardcover. The popularity of Polynesia in western literature, art, and film attests to the pleasures that Pacific islands have, over the centuries, afforded the consuming gaze of the west - connoting solitude, release from cares, and, renewal from urbanized modern life. This book offers a look at the US' intense engagement with the myth of the South Seas. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
The enduring popularity of Polynesia in western literature, art, and film attests to the pleasures that Pacific islands have, over the centuries, afforded the consuming gaze of the westa??connoting solitude, release from cares, and, more recently, self-renewal away from urbanized modern life. Facing the Pacific is the first study to offer a detailed look at the United Statesa?? intense engagement with the myth of the South Seas just after the First World War, when, at home, a popular vogue for all things Polynesian seemed to echo the expansion of U.S. imperialist activities abroad. Jeffrey Geiger looks at a variety of ... Read more
The enduring popularity of Polynesia in western literature, art, and film attests to the pleasures that Pacific islands have, over the centuries, afforded the consuming gaze of the westa??connoting solitude, release from cares, and, more recently, self-renewal away from urbanized modern life. Facing the Pacific is the first study to offer a detailed look at the United Statesa?? intense engagement with the myth of the South Seas just after the First World War, when, at home, a popular vogue for all things Polynesian seemed to echo the expansion of U.S. imperialist activities abroad. Jeffrey Geiger looks at a variety of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824830663
SKU
V9780824830663
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About Jeffrey Geiger
Jeffrey Geiger is a senior lecturer at the University of Essex and currently its director of American studies.
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