04512nam 2200757 a 450 991081720430332120240418050147.00-295-80095-Xheb40084(CKB)2670000000081186(OCoLC)725258677(CaPaEBR)ebrary10456363(SSID)ssj0000487801(PQKBManifestationID)11318220(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487801(PQKBWorkID)10446860(PQKB)11533819(MiAaPQ)EBC3444289(MdBmJHUP)muse5100(Au-PeEL)EBL3444289(CaPaEBR)ebr10456363(CaONFJC)MIL810487(dli)heb40084.0001.001(MiU)MIU400840001001(EXLCZ)99267000000008118620101007d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTahiti beyond the postcard power, place, and everyday life /Miriam Kahn1st ed.Seattle University of Washington Pressc20111 online resource (290 p.) Culture, place, and natureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-295-99101-1 0-295-99102-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note:ch. OneNew Geographies in the Wake of Colonialism --ch. TwoPlacentas in the Land, Bombs in the Bedrock --ch. ThreeKeeping the Myth Alive --ch. FourIn the Cocoon --ch. FiveFrom Our Place to Their Place --ch. SixEveryday Spaces of Resistance --ch. SevenE Aha Atu Ra? What Will Happen?.The "Tahiti" that most people imagine -- white-sand beaches, turquoise lagoons, and beautiful women -- is a product of 18th century European romanticism and persists today to serve as the bedrock of Tahiti's tourism industry. This postcard image, however, masks a different, less known reality. French Polynesia remains a colony of France in the 21st century and was the site of France's nuclear testing program for nearly thirty years. The dreams and desires, which the tourism industry promotes, distract from the medical nightmares and environmental destruction caused by nuclear testing. Tahitians see the burying of a bomb in their land as deeply offensive. For them, the land abounds with ancestral fertility and genealogical identity, providing them with a constant source of both physical and spiritual nourishment. The imagined and lived perspectives of Tahiti seem incompatible, yet are intricately intertwined in the political economy of French Polynesia. This book engages with questions about the ways in which power entangles itself in place-related ways. How does colonialism perpetuate and exploit these images? How can nuclear weapons testing exist in a place that is promoted as a pristine paradise? How and why is 'Tahiti' crafted by a tourism industry whose goal is to create desire? How is this imagined product embraced, ignored, or sabotaged by Tahitians? The author uses interpretive frameworks of both Tahitian and European scholars, drawing upon ethnographic details that include ancient chants, picture postcards, antinuclear protests, popular song lyrics, and the legacy of Paul Gauguin's art, to provide fresh perspectives on colonialism, tourism, imagery, and the anthropology of place.Culture, place, and nature.EthnologyFrench PolynesiaTahiti (Island)Human geographyFrench PolynesiaTahiti (Island)Culture and tourismFrench PolynesiaTahiti (Island)Geographical perceptionFrench PolynesiaTahiti (Island)PostcolonialismFrench PolynesiaTahiti (Island)Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)Social life and customsTahiti (French Polynesia : Island)Foreign relationsFranceFranceForeign relationsFrench PolynesiaTahiti (Island)EthnologyHuman geographyCulture and tourismGeographical perceptionPostcolonialism996.2/118,2ssgnKahn Miriam866677MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817204303321Tahiti beyond the postcard4077694UNINA