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American Pacificism - Oceania in the U.S. Imagination (Paperback)
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American Pacificism - Oceania in the U.S. Imagination (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
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This provocative analysis and critique of American representations
of Oceania and Oceanians from the nineteenth century to the
present, argues that imperial fantasies have glossed over a
complex, violent history. It introduces the concept of 'American
Pacificism', a theoretical framework that draws on contemporary
theories of friendship, hospitality and tourism to refigure
established debates around 'orientalism' for an Oceanian context.
Paul Lyons explores American-Islander relations and traces the ways
in which two fundamental conceptions of Oceania have been entwined
in the American imagination. On the one hand, the Pacific islands
are seen as economic and geopolitical 'stepping stones', rather
than ends in themselves, whilst on the other they are viewed as
ends of the earth or 'cultural limits', unencumbered by notions of
sin, antitheses to the industrial worlds of economic and political
modernity. However, both conceptions obscure not only Islander
cultures, but also innovative responses to incursion. The islands
instead emerge in relation to American national identity, as places
for scientific discovery, soul-saving and civilizing missions,
manhood-testing adventure, nuclear testing and eroticized furloughs
between maritime work and warfare. Ranging from first contact and
the colonial archive through to postcolonialism and global tourism,
this thought-provoking volume draws upon a wide, rewarding
collection of literary works, historical and cultural scholarship,
government documents and tourist literature.
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