Double vision
Subtitle: art histories and colonial histories in the Pacific
By: edited by Nicholas Thomas and Diane Losche ; assistant editor, Jennifer Newell.
Contributors: Thomas, Nicholas, 1960-; Losche, Diane.; Newell, Jennifer.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Brand: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Art -- Pacific Area; Pacific Area -- In art; Pacific Area -- History; Pacific Area -- Colonial influences
Description: Taking as its departure point Bernard Smith's classic study, European Vision and the South Pacific (1960), Double Vision explores the ambivalences of European perceptions of the Pacific and juxtaposes them with the indigenous visual cultures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277) and index.