Shifting Images of Identity in the Pacific

Shifting Images of Identity in the Pacific
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Publisher : Brill
Total Pages : 284
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Download or read book Shifting Images of Identity in the Pacific written by Toon van Meijl and published by Brill. This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how identities emerge, persist, and change in Pacific societies in pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial circumstances. Essays focus on topics including migration, myth, indigenous peoples in modern nation-states, tourism, economic development, global consumerism, and electronic communication.


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