31. Afterword: Ambivalence, Ambiguity and the 'Wicked Problem' of Pacific Tourist Studies / Jane C. Desmond. 2. Hawai'i: Prelude to a Journey / Selina Tusitala Marsh -- 3. Darkness and Light in Black and White: Travelling Mission Imagery from the New Hebrides / Lamont Lindstrom -- 4. Tourism / William C. Clarke -- 5. The Cruise Ship / Frances Steel -- 6. Pitcairn and the Bounty Story / Maria Amoamo -- 7. Guys like Gauguin / Selina Tusitala Marsh -- 8. Statued (stat you?) Traditions / Selina Tusitala Marsh -- 9. Detouring Kwajalein: At Home Between Coral and Concrete in the Marshall Islands / Greg Dvorak -- 10. Yuki Kihara's Culture for Sale and the History of Pacific Cultural Performance / Mandy Treagus -- 11. Native Realities in an Imaginary World: Contemporary Kanaka Maoli Art at Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa / A. Marata Tamaira -- 12. Moving Towers: Worlding the Spectacle of Masculinities Between South Pentecost and Munich / Margaret Jolly -- 13. Writing Home on the Pari and Touring in Pacific Studies / Jo Diamond -- 14. Performing Indigenous Sovereignties across the Pacific / Peter Phipps -- 15. New Pacific Portraits: Voices from the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts / Curated by Katerina Teaiwa and Joseph Vile -- 16. Great Works / Courtney Sina Meredith -- 17. Ibu & Tufuga / Courtney Sina Meredith -- 18. Cross-currents: Teana and Moenau, Tahitian Tourists in Seattle / Miriam Kahn, Teana Gooding and Moenau Holman -- 19. Carnet de Voyage en Irlande / Flora Aurima-Devatine -- 20. A Trip from Port Moresby to Suva / Bomai D. Witne -- 21. Performing Cannibalism in the South Seas / Tracey Banivanua Mar -- 22. Touring 'Real Life'? Authenticity and Village-based Tourism in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea / Michelle MacCarthy -- 23. Suva, November '97 / Anita Jowitt -- 24. Pikinini in Paradise: Photography, Souvenirs and the 'Child Native' in Tourism / John Taylor -- 25. Bandit Singsing : The Tourism Unexperience / John Cox -- 26. The Friendly Islands? Tonga's Ambivalent Relationship with Tourism / Helen Lee -- 27. Re-purposing Paradise: Tourism, Image and Affect / Kalissa Alexeyeff -- 28. Local Tourist on a Bus Ride Home / Audrey Brown-Pereira -- 29. Mixed Bag of Tropical Sweets Sitting Outside the Hotel R & R / Audrey Brown-Pereira -- 30. Fiji: Reflections in the Infinity Pool / John Connell -- 31. Afterword: Ambivalence, Ambiguity and the 'Wicked Problem' of Pacific Tourist Studies / Jane C. Desmond.
Summary:
Tourism is vital to the economies of most Pacific nations and as such is an important site for the meaningful production of shared and disputed cultural values and practices. This is especially the case when tourism intersects with other important arenas for cultural production, both directly and in directly. Touring Pacific Cultures captures the central importance of tourism to the visual, material and performed cultures of the Pacific region. In this volume, we propose to explore new directions in understanding how culture is defined, produced, experienced and sustained through tourism-related practices across that region. We ask, how is cultural value, ownership, performance and commodification negotiated and experienced in actual lived practice as it moves with people across the Pacific?
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.