Oceanian journeys and soujourns
Subtitle: home thoughts abroad
By: edited by Judith A. Bennett
Publisher: Dunedin, N.Z.; Otago University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781877578885
Subjects: Foreign relations; Strategic aspects; Social conditions
Description: "Oceanian Journeys and Sojourns focuses on how Pacific Island peoples -- Oceanians -- think about a range of journeys near and far: their meanings, motives and implications. In addition to addressing human mobility in various island locales, these essays deal with the interconnections of culture, identity and academic research among indigenous Pacific peoples that have emerged from the contributors' personal observations and fieldwork encounters. Firmly grounded in the human experience, this edited work offers insights into the development of new knowledge in and of the Pacific. More than half the authors are themselves Oceanians and five of twelve essays are by island women" -- Publisher's information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-379 and index.