1. War Stories

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Editors Note IX
3. Contents XI
4. Maps XIV
5. Photographs XV
6. Preface XVII
7. I. Introduction
8. 1. War Stories 1
9. II. Island Selves and Wartime Others
10. 2. Histories of Contact, Narratives of Self: Wartime Encounters in Santa Isabel 41
11. 3. The Source of the Force in Marshallese Cosmology 73
12. 4. Echoes of Massacre: Recollections of World War II on Sapwuahfik (Ngatik Atoll) 97
13. 5. Time of Famine, Time of Transformation: Hell in the Pacific, Palau 117
14. 6. "Far Away" and "Close Up": World War II and Sikaiana Perceptions of Their Place in the World 149
15. 7. The Kilenge and the War: An Observer Effect on Stories from the Past 167
16. III. The Local Scene: Disruptions and Transformations
17. 8. Shadows of War: Changing Remembrance through Twenty Years in New Britain 185
18. 9. Soldiers and Spirits: The Impact of World War II on a Coral Sea Island 205
19. 10. The Making of History: The Representation of World War II on Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea 231
20. 11. Taemfaet: Experiences and Reactions of Santa Cruz Islanders during the Battle for Guadalcanal 257
21. 12. From Passive Pawns to Political Strategists: Wartime Lessons for the People of Pohnpei 279
22. 13. Islanders, Soldiers, and Tourists: The War and the Shaping of Tourism in Melanesia 299
23. IV. Joining In: Fighting and Working
24. 14. Kennedy's "Army": Solomon Islanders at War, 1942-1943 327
25. 15. World War II Experience and Life History: Two Cases from Malaita, Solomon Islands 353
26. 16. Samoan Representations of World War II and Military Work: The Emergence of International Movement Networks 373
27. 17. Working Encounters: Oral Histories of World War II Labor Corps from Tanna, Vanuatu 395
28. Contributors 419
29. Index 423
30. Other Volumes In The Pacific Island Monograph Series 434