The Contemporary Pacific

The Contemporary Pacific http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2828 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:13:40 GMT 2013-05-22T17:13:40Z The Contemporary Pacific http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:80/bitstream/id/12624/TCP-v8n2-map.gif http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2828 Review of On the Edge of the Global: Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation, by Niko Besnier http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27099 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27099 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Macpherson, Cluny Review of The Day the Sun Rose in the West: Bikini, the Lucky Dragon, and I, by Ōishi Matashichi http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27098 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27098 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Barker, Holly M Review of The Other Side: Ways of Being and Place in Vanuatu, by John Patrick Taylor http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27097 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27097 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Humphrey, Lisa Review of The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island, by Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27096 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27096 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Field, Julie S Review of This IS Hawai‘i [exhibition], and Transformer [exhibition] http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27095 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27095 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tamaira, A Marata Review of Tahiti: Regards intérieurs, edited by Elise Huffer and Bruno Saura, and Images et pouvoirs dans le Pacifique, edited by Viviane Fayaud and Jean-Marc Regnault, and Tahiti Beloved and Forbidden: Tahiti Herehia, Tahiti Rahuia, by Marie Claude Teissier-Landgraf http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27094 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27094 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mawyer, Alexander Wallis and Futuna in Review: Issues and Events, 2007 to 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27093 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27093 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Leleivai, Hapakuke Pierre Rapa Nui in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27092 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27092 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Young, Forrest Wade Māori Issues in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27091 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27091 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mutu, Margaret French Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27090 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27090 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Gonschor, Lorenz Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27089 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27089 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Gonschor, Lorenz; Leleivai, Hapakuke Pierre; Mutu, Margaret; Young, Forrest Wade Republic of Palau in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27088 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27088 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Shuster, Donald R. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27087 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27087 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z McPhetres, Samuel F Marshall Islands in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27086 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27086 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Kupferman, David W Guam in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27085 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27085 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Marsh, Kelly G; Taitano, Tyrone J Federated States of Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27084 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27084 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Haglelgam, John R Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27083 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27083 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Haglelgam, John R; Kupferman, David W; Marsh, Kelly G; McPhetres, Samuel F; Shuster, Donald R; Taitano, Tyrone J “We Were Still Papuans”: A 2006 Interview with Epeli Hau‘ofa http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27082 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27082 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas, Nicholas “Vot Long Stret Man”: Personality, Policy, and the Election of Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27081 This dialogue piece provides an ethnographic account of the 2008 election campaign in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Focusing on the seemingly exceptional campaign and victory of Ralph Regenvanu, it is argued that current analytical perspectives on “Melanesian-style” politics misplace the role of culture in political activity in Vanuatu, treating it as a hindrance to the realization of an implicit ideal of “acultural” parliamentary politics. This serves to both dehistoricize and decontextualize the electoral participation of ni-Vanuatu. It is argued that ethnographic investigation of election campaigning produces a more nuanced picture of both continuous and novel aspects of political engagement. Particular attention is given to the production of policy over time, and the ways in which leadership is manifested and judged in the context of elections. This allows us to understand Ralph’s success as embedded within ongoing civil society politics in Vanuatu and dependent on public discourses regarding the legitimacy of leadership, rather than viewing it as an anomalous victory over “culture.” Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27081 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Rousseau, Benedicta Choreographing Difference: The (Body) Politics of Banaban Dance http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27080 This article discusses Banaban choreography as an expression of historical and postcolonial identities and, more specifically, relations between Banabans and I-Kiribati in terms of what I understand as the Banaban production of difference through dance. This process is shaped by a strategic approach to representing and reconstructing the past and kinship. I explore some of the tensions around history, kinship, and performance that resulted from the impact of phosphate mining and eventual displacement of Banabans from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (now Kiribati and Tuvalu) to Rabi in Fiji. I also discuss how this research opens up possibilities for a more corporeal approach to Pacific studies. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/27080 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Teaiwa, Katerina Martina