Pacific Islander Hauntings
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While definitions of the Pacific Islands can vary depending on one's country of residence, certain consistencies follow:
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Three main regions
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Polynesia
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Area bound by Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, and Easter Island
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Includes Samoan Islands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, etc
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Melanesia
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New Guinea, Papa New Guinea, Fiji, etc
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Micronesia
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Kiribati, Nauru, the Republic of Marshall Islands, etc
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33 distinct peoples
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Hawaiians, Māori, Tahitians, and Fijians are some of the more well known
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This LibGuide will largely focus on Hawaiian and other Polynesian materials.
More Resources:
Digitalpasifik.org: An initiative of the Australian Government, National Library of Australia and Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, the National Library of New Zealand, to "develop a shared online place that seeks to make visible and accessible the digitized records of Pacific cultural heritage, held around the world, so that people in and of Pacific can connect with their stories."
The works immediately below are those that are specifically featured by Professor Bakke's LIT 306 class. Book cover images link to the work's respective E-book upon sign in with a valid Menlo College account.
Da Kine Talk: from Pidgin to Standard English in Hawaii by ISBN: 9780824881252Publication Date: 2018
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by Publication Date: 1888
Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi’iaka by
This is a literary analysis of Pele and Hi'iaka literature from an indigenous, specifically Hawaiian perspective, one inspired by the larger discussions of indigenous literary nationalism by Native American scholars that seeks to add a Hawaiian voice to the conversation. It is also grounded in the Pacific and continuing efforts within Indigenous Studies programmes to negotiate their experiences and histories with settler colonialism and the misappropriations of their literatures that have been relegated to the realms of folklore, mythology, ethnography, and the postcolonial.
ISBN: 9781452941202Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Talking Hawai'i's Story by
The first major book in over a generation to present a rich sampling of the landmark work of Hawai'i's Center for Oral History, Talking Hawai'i's Story preserves Hawai'i's social and cultural history through the narratives of the people who lived it--co-workers, neighbors, family members, and friends. An introduction by Warren Nishimoto and Michi Kodama-Nishimoto provides historical context and information about the selection and collection methods. Interview subject photos and a guide for further reading are included as well.
ISBN: 9781441620255Publication Date: 2009-01-01
See below for further examples of relevant Bowman Library material not directly utilized by the class.
Hawaii
Wider Oceania
Supplemental Resources
