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Pacific Alternatives Cultural Politics in Contemporary Oceania

Paperback • 2017 • English

Pacific Alternatives Cultural Politics in Contemporary Oceania

By Edvard Hviding, Geoffrey M. White

2 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

At the centre of this collection are the actors and processes referred to by the distinguished Oceania thinker and visionary Epeli Hau'ofa as 'ordinary people ... who, because of the poor flows of benefits from the top, scepticism about stated policies and the like, tend to plan and make decisions about their lives independently, sometimes with surprising and dramatic results that go unnoticed or ignored at the top'. The contributors explore innovative social, cultural and political responses to...Show more

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9781907774874

Publisher

Sean Kingston Publishing

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

Pacific Alternatives Cultural Politics in Contemporary Oceania

Format

Paperback

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