TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Nicholas TI - In Oceania: visions, artifacts, histories SN - 0822320029 AV - GN662 .T6 1997 U1 - 306.0995 21 PY - 1997/// CY - Durham, NC PB - Duke University Press KW - Ethnology KW - Oceania KW - Material culture KW - History KW - Social life and customs KW - Antiquities N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index; List of Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Tupaia's Map --; Pt. I; Visions of History and Anthropology --; 1; Partial Texts: Representation, Colonialism, and Agency in Pacific History --; 2; Alejandro Mayta in Fiji: Narratives about Millenarianism, Colonialism, Postcolonial Politics, and Custom --; Pt. II; Colonial Images and Narratives --; 3; Liberty and Licence: New Zealand Societies in Cook Voyage Anthropology --; 4; Objects of Knowledge: Oceanic Artifacts in European Engravings --; 5; Melanesians and Polynesians: Ethnic Typifications inside and outside Anthropology --; 6; Fear and Loathing in the South Pacific: Colonial and Postcolonial History in Popular Fiction --; Pt. III; Beyond the Invention of Tradition --; 7; Tin and Thatch --; 8; The Inversion of Tradition --; 9; Contrasts: Marriage and Identity in Western Fiji --; Epilogue: From Contrast to Relation --; App; The Bula Tale Movement --; Notes --; References --; Index ER -