Browsing Center for Pacific Islands Studies Publications by Subject "Samoans"

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Fact of Fable? The Consequences of Migration for Educational Achievement and Labor Market Participation

Macpherson, Cluny; Bedford, Richard; Spoonley, Paul (University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2000)

Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, people moved from the Pacific Islands to New Zealand in the expectation that their children would enjoy improved life chances, which they believed would follow from improved quality ...
Subversion and Ambivalence: Pacific Islanders on New Zealand Prime Time

Pearson, Sarina (University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 1999)

Representations of Pacific Islanders in film and mainstream media have often been negative and marginalizing. Opportunities for Pacific Island communities to present counter images, express resistance, or enter into dialogue ...