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9781863170420: Pirating the Pacific: Images of Trade, Travel and Tourism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1863170421 ISBN 13 : 9781863170420
Editeur : Powerhouse Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Over the last century, sources as diverse as missionary publications, tourist brochures, travel books, paintings, postcards and museum displays have inspired a fascination and romance with the islands of the 'South Seas' - amongst them, Tonga, Western Samoa, the Cook Islands and French Polynesia. Illustrated throughout with photographs taken from a major collection held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, this book provides a unique insight into an area that is much romanticized. The three accompanying essays explore how we have come to understand and 'see' the islands through these images and the imaginations of explorers and travellers, and consider how a colonial presence has been inscribed on the region. Pirating the Pacific is compelling reading for anyone interested in visual culture and colonial history.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Over the last century, sources as diverse as missionary publications, tourist brochures, travel books, paintings, postcards and museum displays have inspired a fascination and romance with the islands of the 'South Seas' - amongst them, Tonga, Western Samoa, the Cook Islands and French Polynesia. Illustrated throughout with photographs taken from a major collection held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, this book provides a unique insight into an area that is much romanticized. The three accompanying essays explore how we have come to understand and 'see' the islands through these images and the imaginations of explorers and travellers, and consider how a colonial presence has been inscribed on the region. Pirating the Pacific is compelling reading for anyone interested in visual culture and colonial history.

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Éditeur
Powerhouse Publishing
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1863170421
ISBN 13 
9781863170420
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
80
Éditeur
Stephen Ann
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible