Unstable Images: Colonial Discourse on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 1875-1935 - Hardcover

Clay, Brenda Johnson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824829166 ISBN 13: 9780824829162

Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005

Synopsis

The subject of colonialism encompasses a multitude of analytic concerns about the nature and extent of political controls, economic inequalities, and social hierarchies. Underlying the varied conditions of power and subordination are the diverse, sometimes contested representations of human difference that motivate, support, or question colonial practices and projects. ""Unstable Images"" concentrates a critical gaze on this discursive side of colonialism through close readings of a series of Western texts on the people of New Ireland from the 1870s to the 1930s. When the status of New Ireland was granted, New Britain region changed from precolonial to German control and finally to a League of Nations mandated by Australian administration.

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About the Author

Brenda Johnson Clay is an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824829166
• ISBN 13: 9780824829162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360