Representing the south pacific: colonial discourse from cook to gauguin
Auteur :
Edmond, Rod
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521021135
Date de publication :
13 oct. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,4 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
492 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines how the South Pacific was represented by explorers, missionaries, travellers, writers, and artists between 1767 and 1914. It draws on history, literature, art history, and anthropology in its study of different, often conflicting, colonial discourses of the Pacific.