Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One. Challenging the Nation- State
6. Chapter 1. Chilean Colonization and Rapanui Resilience 27
7. Chapter 2. Integration into the Nation- State and the Beginnings of a Rapanui Identity Discourse 61
8. Chapter 3. The Road to Self- determination 87
9. Part Two. Polynesian Cultural Politics and Global Imaginaries
10. Chapter 4. Rapanui Appropriations and Re sis tance 129
11. Chapter 5. Performing Culture 145
12. Chapter 6. Vanaŋa Rapanui 164
13. Chapter 7. Kaiŋa Rapanui 178
14. Chapter 8. The Polynesian Homeland: A Sea of Islands 191
15. Chapter 9. Rapa Nui as Fantasy and Commodity 207
16. Conclusion 230
17. Epilogue 236
18. Notes 241
19. Bibliography 257
20. Index 271
21. About the Author 293