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Author Thomas, Chris J., author

Title Pacific possessions : the pursuit of authenticity in nineteenth-century Oceanian travel accounts / Chris J. Thomas
Published Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2021]

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Contents Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. George Vason's Tongan Tattoos -- 2. A Häolé's Hawaiian Hula -- 3. Constance Gordon-Cumming's Fijian Cannibal Fork -- 4. Robert Louis Stevenson's Gilbert Islands Photographs -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary "Reframes Polynesia and Melanesia through analysis of nineteenth-century travel writing"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Travelers' writings, English -- Polynesia -- History and criticism
Travelers' writings, English -- Melanesia -- History and criticism
Travelers' writings, American -- Polynesia -- History and criticism
Travelers' writings, American -- Melanesia -- History and criticism
English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
American prose literature
Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
English prose literature
Travelers' writings, American
Travelers' writings, English
Melanesia
Polynesia
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817393588
0817393587