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South Sea Maidens: Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific (Contributions to the Study of World History)
South Sea Maidens Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific - Contributions to the Study of World History
Author: Michael Sturma
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313316746
ISBN-10: 0313316740
Publication Date: 4/30/2002
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Praeger
Book Type: Hardcover
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