Description: Towards a New Pacific Historiography argues for a re-imagining of Pacific History using the idea of cultural theorist Hayden White that the historical text is a literary artefact. The book discusses the institutionalisation of Pacific History largely through the efforts of J. W. Davison. It also engages in a scrutiny of several Pacific History texts, evaluating the merits and demerits of these texts as literary artefacts. The book contends that the Western academic discipline of History has created a privileged space for itself by marginalising other forms of historical knowledge and that many Pacific historians continue to use sources and methodologies that are of European origin, and profess a world-view that is blatantly Western. The consequence of all this is that Pacific historiography has become a methodologically and stylistically reactionary discipline. The author suggests that only the re-imagining of Pacific History will allow the discipline to make a worthwhile contribution to new Pacific epistemologies; the program to re- imagine 'History' could come from the way postcolonial theorists and creative authors have transformed English Literature and the English language.
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Title: Towards A New Pacific Historiography By Anurag Subramani 97836392
Weight: 376
EAN: 9783639249057
ISBN-10: 9783639249057
Date of Publication: 2010-04
Place of Publication: 2010-04
Book Series: VDM Verlag
Genre: POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
Narrative Type: N/A
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Ex Libris: No
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Pagination: 168
Dimensions: 900x600
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Towards a New Pacific Historiography
Publisher: Vdm Verlag
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 254 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Anurag Subramani
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
