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Inventing Easter Island
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Author : Beverley Haun
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2008-04-05
Inventing Easter Island written by Beverley Haun and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-05 with Social Science categories.
Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it is known to its inhabitants, is located in the Pacific Ocean, 3600 kilometres west of South America. Annexed by Chile in 1888, the island has been a source of fascination for the world beyond the island since the first visit by Europeans in 1722 due to its intriguing statues and complex history. Inventing 'Easter Island' examines narrative strategies and visual conventions in the discursive construction of 'Easter Island' as distinct from the native conception of 'Rapa Nui.' It looks at the geographic imaginary that pervaded the eighteenth century, a period of overwhelming imperial expansion. Beverley Haun begins with a discussion of forces that shaped the European version of island culture and goes on to consider the representation of that culture in the form of explorer texts and illustrations, as well as more recent texts and images in comic books and kitsch from off the island. Throughout, 'Easter Island' is used as a case study of the impact of imperialism on the view of a culture from outside. The study hinges on three key points - an inquiry into the formation of 'Easter Island' as a subject; an examination of how the constructed space and culture have been shaped, reshaped, and represented in discursive spaces; and a discussion of cultural memory and how the constraints of foreign texts and images have shaped thought and action about 'Easter Island.' Richly illustrated and unique in its findings, Inventing 'Easter Island' will appeal to cultural theorists, anthropologists, educators, and anyone interested in the history of the South Pacific.
Rediscovering Easter Island
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Author : Kathy Pelta
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Rediscovering Easter Island written by Kathy Pelta and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Discusses the many visits made by explorers, missionaries, businessmen, scientists, and others to Easter Island since the late 1600s and what they revealed about life on this remote Pacific island.
Inventing Easter Island
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Author : Beverley Haun
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Inventing Easter Island written by Beverley Haun and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it is known to its inhabitants, is located in the Pacific Ocean, 3600 kilometres west of South America. Annexed by Chile in 1888, the island has been a source of fascination for the world beyond the island since the first visit by Europeans in 1722 due to its intriguing statues and complex history. Inventing 'Easter Island' examines narrative strategies and visual conventions in the discursive construction of 'Easter Island' as distinct from the native conception of 'Rapa Nui.' It looks at the geographic imaginary that pervaded the eighteenth century, a period of overwhelming imperial expansion. Beverley Haun begins with a discussion of forces that shaped the European version of island culture and goes on to consider the representation of that culture in the form of explorer texts and illustrations, as well as more recent texts and images in comic books and kitsch from off the island. Throughout, 'Easter Island' is used as a case study of the impact of imperialism on the view of a culture from outside. The study hinges on three key points - an inquiry into the formation of 'Easter Island' as a subject; an examination of how the constructed space and culture have been shaped, reshaped, and represented in discursive spaces; and a discussion of cultural memory and how the constraints of foreign texts and images have shaped thought and action about 'Easter Island.' Richly illustrated and unique in its findings, Inventing 'Easter Island' will appeal to cultural theorists, anthropologists, educators, and anyone interested in the history of the South Pacific.
The Secrets Of Easter Island
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Author : Jean-Michel Schwartz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Secrets Of Easter Island written by Jean-Michel Schwartz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
20 Fun Facts About Easter Island
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Author : Heather Moore Niver
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 1900-01-01
20 Fun Facts About Easter Island written by Heather Moore Niver and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
On an island in the Pacific Ocean more than 1,000 miles from the nearest habitable location, ancient people constructed hundreds of enormous stone heads. No one is sure exactly how they moved the giant statues into place. In fact, no one really knows how people got there in the first place! Readers are sure to enjoy learning about the mystery surrounding Easter Island. Colorful images of the moai, flora, fauna, and more help transport readers to this amazing world wonder.
The Mystery Of Easter Island
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Author : Scoresby Routledge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
The Mystery Of Easter Island written by Scoresby Routledge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with categories.
Easter Island
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Author : John Dos Passos
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date : 2011-03-23
Easter Island written by John Dos Passos and has been published by Doubleday this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-23 with Social Science categories.
Despite sickness in the final years of his life, Dos Passos presses on for adventure. He and his wife journey to Easter Island, where they explore the history behind the famous statues—called maois. “When I was a small boy,” Dos Passos says, “some kind person took me to the British Museum. There I saw a statue, a huge, rough, dark-gray statue with [a] long, sad, dark-gray face. The statue stared back out of deep, sunken eyes. What was it trying to say? To this day I can remember the feeling it gave me of savage, brooding melancholy.”
Easter Island
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Author : Ronald A. Reis
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Release Date : 2014-05-14
Easter Island written by Ronald A. Reis and has been published by Chelsea House Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Easter Island categories.
Provides information on the mysteries surrounding the history and significance of the statues on Easter Island.
Easter Island
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Author : Michael Capek
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2008-09-01
Easter Island written by Michael Capek and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Examines the mysterious stone heads of Easter Island.
The Mystery Of Easter Island
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Author : Katherine Routledge
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2020-04-12
The Mystery Of Easter Island written by Katherine Routledge and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-12 with History categories.
"All the seashore is lined with numbers of stone idols, with their backs turned towards the sea, which caused us no little wonder, because we saw no tool of any kind for working these figures." So wrote, a century and a half ago, one of the earliest navigators to visit the Island of Easter in the South-east Pacific. Ever since that day passing ships have found it incomprehensible that a few hundred natives should have been able to make, move, and erect numbers of great stone monuments, some of which are over thirty feet in height; they have marvelled and passed on. As the world's traffic has increased Easter Island has still stood outside its routes, quiet and remote, with its story undeciphered. What were these statues of which the present inhabitants know nothing?... Whence came the people who reached this remote spot? Did they arrive from South America, 2,000 miles to the eastward? Or did they sail against the prevailing wind from the distant islands to the west?...