TCP [The Contemporary Pacific], 1996 - Volume 8, Number 2
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Item type: Item , The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau: Preserving and Disseminating Pacific Documentation(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Cunningham, Adrian; Maidment, EwanItem type: Item , Review of Human Biology in Papua New Guinea: The Small Cosmos, edited by Robert D Attenborough and Michael P Alpers(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Macintyre, MarthaItem type: Item , Review of La Nouvelle-Caledonie au tournant des annees 1990: Un etat des lieux, by Louis Arreghini and Philippe Waniez(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Waddell, EricItem type: Item , Review of The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation: Comparative Case Studies, edited by W Andrew Axline(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Herr, RichardItem type: Item , Review of Pacific 2010: Women's Education and Economic Development in Melanesia, by K G Gannicott and Beatrice Avalos(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Meyenn, R.J.Item type: Item , Review of The Voices of Eden: A History of Hawaiian Languages Studies, by Albert J Schutz(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Wilson, William H.Item type: Item , Review of How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, for Example, by Marshall Sahlins(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Hooper, AntonyItem type: Item , Review of Women of the Place: Kastom, Colonialism and Gender in Vanuatu, by Margaret Jolly(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Strathern, MarilynItem type: Item , Review of Voyage of Discovery: A Cultural Odyssey through Polynesia, by Ben Finney, with Marlene Among, Chad Babayan, Tai Crouch, Paul Frost, Bernard Kilonsky, Richard Rhodes, Thomas Schroeder, Dixon Stroup, Nainoa Thompson, Robert Worthington, and Elisa Yadao(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Irwin, GeoffreyItem type: Item , Vanuatu in Review: International Issues and Events, 1995(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Ambrose, DavidItem type: Item , Papua New Guinea in Review: International Issues and Events, 1995(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Wesley-Smith, TerenceItem type: Item , New Caledonia in Review: International Issues and Events, 1995(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Chappell, David A.Item type: Item , Fiji in Review: International Issues and Events, 1995(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Tarte, SandraItem type: Item , Melanesia in Review: International Issues and Events, 1995(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Ambrose, David; Chappell, David A.; Tarte, Sandra; Wesley-Smith, TerenceItem type: Item , The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 1995(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Von Strokirch, KarinItem type: Item , Entangled in Maori History: A Report on Experience(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Reilly, Michael P.J.Item type: Item , The Asaro Mudmen: Local Property, Public Culture?(University of Hawai'i Press, 1996) Otto, Ton; Verloop, Robert J.The mudmen tradition of the Asaro people in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea has become an internationally recognized symbol of that country and also an evocative image of “primitive man” in general. This symbol has been appropriated in various international advertisements for products ranging from music to perfume. It is also used in campaigns to promote tourism in Papua New Guinea and has entered almost every popular book and travel guide as an appealing symbol of the area. As a local sign of identity the history of the mudmen is relatively short. Based on transformations of some older—and of course contested—traditions, the phenomenon of the mudmen began its existence during the first Goroka agricultural show in 1957. In this paper we trace the history of the mudmen to show how it developed in continuous interaction between local and foreign (tourist) needs and expectations. Appearing in diverse and only partly interacting discourses, the mudmen function as a local commodity-cum-marker-of-identity, as a symbol of Papua New Guinea national culture, and as a sign of primitiveness in western (commercial) discourses on self and other.Item type: Item , From Exhibit to Exhibitionism: Recent Polynesian Presentations of "Otherness"(University of Hawai’i Press, 1996) Thomas, NicholasThis essay explores presentation of identity and debates about curatorial practice in a recent touring exhibition of Polynesian art. It emphasizes the fluid nature of the exhibition as a public phenomenon that is aptly captured by the title, Bottled Ocean. It notes and reflects on the influence of the author’s participation and commentary on some aspects of the exhibition’s rhetoric.Item type: Item , The Dream of Joseph: Practices of Identity in Pacific Art(University of Hawai’i Press, 1996) Thomas, NicholasThis essay explores presentations of identity in two recent exhibitions of Polynesian art. The first and more widely celebrated of these, Te Maori, emphasized traditional artworks; the second, consisting of work by migrant Polynesians, presented contemporary culture and identity in more mobile and fluid terms. The idea that personal identity is formed by cultural background and tradition nevertheless remains dominant in individual artists’ discussions of their concerns and motivations.Item type: Item , Structural Adjustment in Fiji under the Interim Government, 1987-1992(University of Hawai’i Press, 1996) Akram-Lodhi, A HaroonThis article critically assesses the success of market-led structural adjustment in Fiji. After reviewing the rationale behind structural adjustment programs it examines the economic policies of Fiji’s Interim Government between 1987 and 1992, demonstrating that such policies were both consistent with structural adjustment and represented confirmation of a change in economic policy. The economic performance of Fiji under structural adjustment is examined. However, in delving behind the data the article uncovers both supply and demand constraints that together suggest an inability to resolve major structural issues facing the economy. As a consequence, the capacity of the economy to respond to the changed framework of incentives brought about by structural adjustment is inhibited. Market-led structural adjustment has not acted to remove key limitations to economic growth in Fiji.