Towards a New Pacific Historiography by Anurag Subramani 9783639249057 NEW

Description: Towards a New Pacific Historiography argues for a re-imagining of Pacific History using the idea of cultural theorist Hayden White that the historical text is a literary artefact. The book discusses the institutionalisation of Pacific History largely through the efforts of J. W. Davison. It also engages in a scrutiny of several Pacific History texts, evaluating the merits and demerits of these texts as literary artefacts. The book contends that the Western academic discipline of History has created a privileged space for itself by marginalising other forms of historical knowledge and that many Pacific historians continue to use sources and methodologies that are of European origin, and profess a world-view that is blatantly Western. The consequence of all this is that Pacific historiography has become a methodologically and stylistically reactionary discipline. The author suggests that only the re-imagining of Pacific History will allow the discipline to make a worthwhile contribution to new Pacific epistemologies; the program to re- imagine 'History' could come from the way postcolonial theorists and creative authors have transformed English Literature and the English language.

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Title: Towards A New Pacific Historiography By Anurag Subramani 97836392

Weight: 376

EAN: 9783639249057

ISBN-10: 9783639249057

Date of Publication: 2010-04

Place of Publication: 2010-04

Book Series: VDM Verlag

Genre: POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory

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Pagination: 168

Dimensions: 900x600

Number of Pages: 168 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Towards a New Pacific Historiography

Publisher: Vdm Verlag

Publication Year: 2010

Item Height: 229 mm

Item Weight: 254 g

Type: Textbook

Author: Anurag Subramani

Subject Area: Political Science

Item Width: 152 mm

Format: Paperback