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19 August 2021 | dataset

First contacts in Polynesia : the Samoan case (1722-1848) : western misunderstanding about sexuality and divinity / Serge Tcherkezoff

For the Pacific region, the sources regarding first contacts are essentially accounts written by European travellers. One can quite easily imagine the extent to which these accounts, especially those published in the form of a book which was
intended for a large public, foreground interpretations based on prejudices and preconceptions. Their preconceived views blinded the authors themselves, these first voyagers, and prevented them from understanding the whole range of acts and behaviours of the indigenous population. In particular, several contexts
were the occasion of gross misunderstandings. Let me immediately evoke the two principal contexts in which these occurred.

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Call Number: 327.961304[EL]

ISBN/ISSN: 9781921536014,9781921536021

Physical Description: 252 p.

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Field Value
Publisher Australian National University (ANU)
Modified 15 February 2022
Release Date 19 August 2021
Source URL https://library.sprep.org/content/first-contacts-polynesia-samoan-case-1722-184…
Identifier VL-34838
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location SPREP LIBRARY
Relevant Countries Samoa
License Public
[Open Data]
Author Tcherkezoff Serge
Contact Name SPREP Records and Archives Officer
Contact Email [email protected]