Kapitel
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18 Colonised People
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Grace Mera Molisa
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface: A Belauan Story of Creation xi
- Acknowledgments xv
- An Invitation 1
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SECTION ONE Frames of Reference
- Introduction 31
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Making Histories
- 1 Inside Us the Dead 35
- 2 Releasing the Voices Historicizing Colonial Encounters in the Pacific 43
- 3 Starting from Trash 62
- 4 Indigenous Knowledge and Academic Imperialism 78
- Valuing the Pacific—An Interview with James Clifford 92
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SECTION TWO The Dynamics of Contact
- Introduction 101
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Possessing Others
- 5 Possessing Tahiti 112
- 6 Remembering First Contact Realities and Romance 133
- 7 Constructing “Pacific” Peoples 152
- A View from Afar (North America)—A Commentary by Richard White 169
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SECTION THREE Colonial Engagements
- Introduction 173
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Colonial Entanglements
- 8 Hawai‘i in the Early Nineteenth Century The Kingdom and the Kingship 189
- 9 Deaths on the Mountain An Account of Police Violence in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea 212
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Tensions of Empire
- 10 Colonial Conversions Difference, Hierarchy, and History in Early Twentieth-Century Evangelical Propaganda 231
- 11 The French Way in Plantation Systems 247
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Styles of Dominance
- 12 The New Zealand Wars and the Myth of Conquest 255
- 13 Theorizing Mâori Women’s Lives: Paradoxes of the Colonial Male Gaze 269
- 14 Conqueror 287
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World War II
- 15 World War II in Kiribati 288
- 16 Barefoot Benefactors A Study of Japanese Views of Melanesians 292
- A View from Afar (South Asia)—An Interview with Gyan Prakash 296
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SECTION FOUR “Postcolonial” Politics
- Introduction 303
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Continuities and Discontinuities
- 17 Decolonization 314
- 18 Colonised People 333
- 19 My Blood 338
- 20 Custom and the Way of the Land Past and Present in Vanuatu and Fiji 340
- 21 The Relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian People A Case of Spouse Abuse 358
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Identity and Empowerment
- 22 Moe‘uhane 361
- 23 Simply Chamorro Tales of Demise and Survival in Guam 362
- 24 Mixed Blood 383
- 25 Ngati Kangaru 385
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Integrating “the Past” into “the Present”
- 26 Our Pacific 399
- 27 Treaty-Related Research and Versions of New Zealand History 401
- 28 Cook, Lono, Obeyesekere, and Sahlins 420
- A View from Afar (Middle East)—An Interview with Edward Said 443
- Epilogue Pasts to Remember 453
- Abbreviations and Newspapers 473
- Bibliography 475
- List of Contributors 533
- Index 537
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface: A Belauan Story of Creation xi
- Acknowledgments xv
- An Invitation 1
-
SECTION ONE Frames of Reference
- Introduction 31
-
Making Histories
- 1 Inside Us the Dead 35
- 2 Releasing the Voices Historicizing Colonial Encounters in the Pacific 43
- 3 Starting from Trash 62
- 4 Indigenous Knowledge and Academic Imperialism 78
- Valuing the Pacific—An Interview with James Clifford 92
-
SECTION TWO The Dynamics of Contact
- Introduction 101
-
Possessing Others
- 5 Possessing Tahiti 112
- 6 Remembering First Contact Realities and Romance 133
- 7 Constructing “Pacific” Peoples 152
- A View from Afar (North America)—A Commentary by Richard White 169
-
SECTION THREE Colonial Engagements
- Introduction 173
-
Colonial Entanglements
- 8 Hawai‘i in the Early Nineteenth Century The Kingdom and the Kingship 189
- 9 Deaths on the Mountain An Account of Police Violence in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea 212
-
Tensions of Empire
- 10 Colonial Conversions Difference, Hierarchy, and History in Early Twentieth-Century Evangelical Propaganda 231
- 11 The French Way in Plantation Systems 247
-
Styles of Dominance
- 12 The New Zealand Wars and the Myth of Conquest 255
- 13 Theorizing Mâori Women’s Lives: Paradoxes of the Colonial Male Gaze 269
- 14 Conqueror 287
-
World War II
- 15 World War II in Kiribati 288
- 16 Barefoot Benefactors A Study of Japanese Views of Melanesians 292
- A View from Afar (South Asia)—An Interview with Gyan Prakash 296
-
SECTION FOUR “Postcolonial” Politics
- Introduction 303
-
Continuities and Discontinuities
- 17 Decolonization 314
- 18 Colonised People 333
- 19 My Blood 338
- 20 Custom and the Way of the Land Past and Present in Vanuatu and Fiji 340
- 21 The Relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian People A Case of Spouse Abuse 358
-
Identity and Empowerment
- 22 Moe‘uhane 361
- 23 Simply Chamorro Tales of Demise and Survival in Guam 362
- 24 Mixed Blood 383
- 25 Ngati Kangaru 385
-
Integrating “the Past” into “the Present”
- 26 Our Pacific 399
- 27 Treaty-Related Research and Versions of New Zealand History 401
- 28 Cook, Lono, Obeyesekere, and Sahlins 420
- A View from Afar (Middle East)—An Interview with Edward Said 443
- Epilogue Pasts to Remember 453
- Abbreviations and Newspapers 473
- Bibliography 475
- List of Contributors 533
- Index 537