The Pacific Theater: Island Representations of World War II
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448pp. May 1989
The Pacific Theater: Island Representations of World War II
Editor: White, Geoffrey M.; Lindstrom, Lamont;
Winner of the Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize

“Fascinating. . . . Part of a trend to study the sociopolitical consequences of the war in developing areas.” —Choice

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Pacific Islands Monograph Series, No. 8
Published in association with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Editor: White, Geoffrey M.; Lindstrom, Lamont;
Introduction: War Stories
Lamont Lindstrom and Geoffrey M. White

Histories of Contact, Narratives of Self: Encounters in Santa Isabel
Geoffrey M. White

The Source of the Force in Marshallese Cosmology
Laurence Marshall Carucci

Echoes of Massacre: Recollections of World War II on Sapwuahfik (Ngatik Atoll)
Lin Poyer

Time of Famine, Time of Transformation: Hell in the Pacific, Palau
Karen L. Nero

x0093;Far Awayx0094; and x0093;Close Upx0094;: World War II and Sikaiana Perceptions of Their Place in the World
William W. Donner

The Kilenge and the War: An Observer Effect on Stories from the Past
Marty Zelenietz and Hisafumi Saito

Shadows of War: Changing Remembrance through Twenty Years in New Britain
David Counts

Soldiers and Spirits: The Impact of World War II on a Coral Sea Island
Maria Lepowsky

The Making of History: The Representation of World War II on Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea
Carl E. Thune

Taemfaet: Experiences and Reactions of Santa Cruz Islanders during the Battle for Guadalcanal
William H. Davenport

From Passive Pawns to Political Strategists: Wartime Lessons for the People of Pohnpei
Suzanne Faigout

Islanders, Soldiers, and Tourists: The War and the Shaping of Tourism in Melanesia
Charles de Burlo

Kennedyx0092;s x0093;Armyx0094;: Solomon Islanders at War, 1942x2013;1943
James A. Boutilier

World War II Experience and Life History: Two Cases from Malaita, Solomon Islands
David W. Gegeo and Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo

Samoan Representations of World War II and Military Work: The Emergence of Movement Networks
Robert W. Franco

Working Encounters: Oral Histories of World War II Labor Corps from Tanna, Vanuatu
Lamont Lindstrom




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