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Author: Sean Brawley Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739193368 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
The South Seas charts the idea of the South Seas in popular cultural productions of the English-speaking world, from the beginnings of the Western enterprise in the Pacific until the eve of the Pacific War. Building on the notion that the influences on the creation of a text, and the ways in which its audience receives the text, are essential for understanding the historical significance of particular productions, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon explore the ways in which authors’ and producers’ ideas about the South Seas were “haunted” by others who had written on the subject, and how they in turn influenced future generations of knowledge producers. The South Seas is unique in its examination of an array of cultural texts. Along with the foundational literary texts that established and perpetuated the South Seas tradition in written form, the authorsexplore diverse cultural forms such as art, music, theater, film, fairs, platform speakers, surfing culture, and tourism.
Author: Sean Brawley Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739193368 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
The South Seas charts the idea of the South Seas in popular cultural productions of the English-speaking world, from the beginnings of the Western enterprise in the Pacific until the eve of the Pacific War. Building on the notion that the influences on the creation of a text, and the ways in which its audience receives the text, are essential for understanding the historical significance of particular productions, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon explore the ways in which authors’ and producers’ ideas about the South Seas were “haunted” by others who had written on the subject, and how they in turn influenced future generations of knowledge producers. The South Seas is unique in its examination of an array of cultural texts. Along with the foundational literary texts that established and perpetuated the South Seas tradition in written form, the authorsexplore diverse cultural forms such as art, music, theater, film, fairs, platform speakers, surfing culture, and tourism.
Author: Michael Sturma Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0313010986 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 206
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From the first European contact with Tahiti in 1767, the myth of the South Sea maiden has endured through many incarnations. Although the maiden frequently provided an idealized antidote to Western women's self-assertion, the South Pacific also afforded a space where boundaries between the sexes could be relaxed and transgressed. From James Cook and Captain Bligh to James Michener and Margaret Mead, the Island girl has occupied a special place in the erotic imagination of the West. In a sweeping study that embraces history, literature, visual arts, anthropology and film, this study gives fresh insight into the myths and reality of a Western icon. While women from far off lands have always been presented as exotic and alluring, the South Sea maiden has come to symbolize feminine sexuality, as an integral part of the adventure, sensuality, and romance of the South Pacific. Everyone from early explorers to 19th century writers and artists to latter day anthropologists, film makers, and tourism promoters have extolled their virtues and their bodies. Sturma looks behind the popular clich^D'es to reveal how the myth-making process reflected not only Western desires, but the cut and thrust of changing sexual politics. The result is an intriguing look at both South Sea image-makers and the women whom they found so seductive.
Author: Françoise Ruscak Publisher: Humanoids, Incorporated ISBN: 9781643375892 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 112
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Fierce Vikings and mystical Sirens face each other in a neverending battle to claim the most significant natural resource their world has to offer: the sea. For generations, Viking clans have faced Siren tribes in battles waged on land and sea. Battles that pit brute strength against sorcery, and cunning versus charm. Their war has torn apart the very world they fight over while also filling graveyards that span farther than the eye can see. But on these battlefields, you are just as likely to encounter love as you are death. These are the tales of their mythical encounters. These are the tales of the Sirens of the Norse Sea.
Author: S. Brawley Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137090677 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 447
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This book explores the expectations, experiences, and reactions of Allied servicemen and women who served in the wartime Pacific and viewed the South Pacific through the lens of Hollywood's South Seas. Based on extensive archival research, it explores the intersections between military experiences and cultural history.
Author: Paul Rotha Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 1512818518 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 404
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Producer of Nanook of the North, Moana, Man of Aran, and other pioneering documentaries between 1920 and 1940, Robert J. Flaherty was America's first independent film artist. Popular conceptions of Flaherty have led many either to worship his work and regard him in mythical terms or to debunk him as a fraud and castigate him for lack of a social consciousness. Rarely has the attempt been made to understand him in the context of his times. This captivating study presents Flaherty through the eyes of someone who knew him personally—the brilliant British filmmaker and scholar Paul Rotha. A colleague and close friend of Flaherty, Rotha gives us s a powerfully written biography that is a balanced and intimate look at the life and work of an American genius. Editor Jay Ruby has restored the Rotha biography, including a wealth of anecdotes, letters, and memoirs that begin to bring Robert Flaherty the man into focus. An especially valuable dimension of this work is the appraisal of Flaherty the filmmaker from the viewpoint of a major figure of the British industry. He summarizes in detail the critical response to Flaherty of his contemporaries, about which only sketchy information has previously been available. Flaherty regarded himself as an explorer as well as a filmmaker. The exciting story of this biography takes us from the Arctic, where Flaherty spent years filming Nanook, to the South Pacific, England, the Aran Islands, and finally the United States. his courage and overarching vision resulted in an unprecedented recording of the human struggle and in documentary films that reached a wider audience than ever before.
Author: Edmund B. Papp Publisher: ISBN: 9781320086172 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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The Sea Siren is a photo/art book telling the incredible true story of an aging underwater photographer, Edmund B. Papp, who discovers a shipwreck in Key West, Florida, and envisions a beautiful nude model swimming around and inside this wreck. The Sea Siren photo shoot was deemed so dangerous even local photo experts said it could not be done. After 12 years of searching for the perfect model/swimmer none could not meet Mr. Papp's strict protocols and high performance standards. Depressed Mr. Papp shelved The Sea Siren project and moved on. But, just as Ed was about to change his occupation from Photographer to Inn Keeper - Poseidon, the Greek god of the oceans sent him a real Sea Siren. Her name was Nikki du Plessis.To this day Ed is convinced divine intervention was at play because just hours after meeting Nikki du Plessis, a stunningly beautiful model from South Africa, he JUST KNEW he had found THE ONE. Nikki would become his model for The Sea Siren photo shoot. He was so convinced of this that he disregarded years of past failure and all his common sense protocols. As his friends scratched their heads Mr. Papp offered to fly Nikki back to Key West in August for a 30 day underwater shoot. She would become The Sea Siren.That 30 day shoot is now the basis of an upcoming reality show titled, of course: The Sea Siren.
Author: Emily March Publisher: Emily March Books ISBN: 1942002335 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 335
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New York Times bestselling author Emily March brings her "unique charm and delightful sense of humor" (Romantic Times) to heat up the Scottish highlands in this laugh-out-loud sequel to her delicious Simmer All Night. She needs a ghost, not a groom... Of all the castles in all of Scotland, it's Gillian Ross's bad luck to live in one that isn't haunted. The ancestral home must be sold, but the single interested buyer requires a wraith in the rafters. With her family in danger, Gillian will do anything to protect them, so she dons a disguise and sets out to haunt her home herself. Her plan might have worked, had her first tantalizing target not revealed more than she bargained for... He'd rather be dead than wed. Handsome as the devil but with a scoundrel's heart, Jake Delaney has come to Rowanclere Castle to locate a missing historical treasure, not a wife. When a gorgeous "ghost" visits his bedchamber, his curiosity--among other things--is aroused. Unaware that his probing might lead to both mayhem and marriage, he vows to discover her secrets before leaving the Highlands. His plan might have worked, too, had he not been haunted by visions of a seductive Scottish sprite and the dream that man's castle could somehow become his home.
Author: Sean Brawley
Author: Sean Brawley
Author: Michael Sturma
Author: Françoise Ruscak
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Author: Paul Rotha
Author: Edmund B. Papp
Author: Emily March
Author: British Library