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Author Shore, Bradd, 1945-

Title The world about us : prisoners of paradise / by Bradd Shore and Anthony Isaacs
Published London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 1985

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Description 1 online resource (50 min.)
Series World about us
Ethnographic video online
Summary Although Westerners such as Conrad and Gaugin have traditionally seen the South Sea islands as paradise-like retreats, the real life situation is different. This programme explores Samoa - a society with a high suicide rate and much violence
Analysis Stereotypes
Cultural identity
Notes Previously released on DVD
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011)
Credits Producer, Anthony Isaacs
Cast Bradd Shore, Margaret Mead
Event Filmed in Samoa
Notes English
Subject Samoans.
Suicide -- Samoa
Violence -- Samoa
Love.
Kava ceremony.
Love
love (emotion)
Kava ceremony
Love
Samoans
Suicide
Violence
Samoa
Genre/Form Documentary
Documentary.
Form Streaming video
Author Isaacs, Anthony
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Other Titles Prisoners of paradise