The South Seas: A Reception History from Daniel Defoe to Dorothy Lamour - Couverture souple

Brawley, Sean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1498515142 ISBN 13 : 9781498515146

Editeur : LEX, 2019

Synopsis

The South Seas charts the idea of the South Seas in popular cultural productions of the English-speaking world, from the beginnings of the Western enterprise in the Pacific until the eve of the Pacific War. Building on the notion that the influences on the creation of a text, and the ways in which its audience receives the text, are essential for understanding the historical significance of particular productions, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon explore the ways in which authors' and producers' ideas about the South Seas were "haunted" by others who had written on the subject, and how they in turn influenced future generations of knowledge producers. The South Seas is unique in its examination of an array of cultural texts. Along with the foundational literary texts that established and perpetuated the South Seas tradition in written form, the authorsexplore diverse cultural forms such as art, music, theater, film, fairs, platform speakers, surfing culture, and tourism.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Sean Brawley is professor and head of the Department of Modern History, Politics, and International Relations at Macquarie University.

Chris Dixon is associate professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LEX
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498515142
• ISBN 13: 9781498515146
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 319
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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