2004 16(1) & 16(2)
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| Spring 16(1) Articles Whakapapa as a Māori Mental Construct: Some Implications for the Debate over Genetic Modification of Organisms Mere Roberts, Brad Haami, Richard Benton, Terre Satterfield, Melissa L Finucane, Mark Henare, and Manuka Henare Contested Visions of History in Aotearoa New Zealand Literature: Witi Ihimaera’s The Matriarch Suzanne Romaine Tropical Fevers: “Madness” and Colonialism in Pacific Literature Seri Luangphinith Have We Been Thinking Upside Down? The Contemporary Emergence of Pacific Theoretical Thought Elise Huffer and Ropate Qalo Political Reviews Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 Kelly G Marsh-Kautz, Samuel F McPhetres, Donald Shuster, Kristina E Stege Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 Frédéric Angleviel, Tracie Ku‘uipo Cummings, Jon Tikivanotau M Jonassen, Margaret Mutu, Asofou So‘o Book and Media Reviews Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the Pacific, edited by Paul Spickard, Joanne L Rondilla, and Debbie Hippolite Wright Constructing Moral Communities: Pacific Islander Strategies for Settling in New Places, edited by Judith S Modell Reviewed by Ron Crocombe Materializing the Nation: Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea, by Robert J Foster Reviewed by Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi Dismembering Lāhui: A History of the Hawaiian Nation to 1887, by Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio Reviewed by Paul d’Arcy Hawai‘i Nei: Island Plays, by Victoria Nālani Kneubuhl Reviewed by Jackie Pualani Johnson Unfolding the Moon: Enacting Women’s Kastom in Vanuatu, by Lissant Bolton Reviewed by Jean Mitchell Akekeia! Traditional Dance in Kiribati, by Tony and Joan Whincup Reviewed by Katerina Teiawa Seksek ‘e Hatana / Strolling on Hatana: Traditions of Rotuma and its Dependencies, with excerpts from an archaeologist’s field notebook, edited by Aubrey L Parke Kato‘aga: Rotuman Ceremonies, by Elizabeth K Inia Reviewed by Janet Dixon Keller Cargo Cult as Theater: Political Performance in the Pacific, by Dorothy K Billings Reviewed by Lamont Lindstrom Harvesting Development: The Construction of Fresh Food Markets in Papua New Guinea, by Karl Benediktsson Reviewed by Colin Filer In-House in Papua New Guinea with Anthony Siaguru, by Anthony Siaguru Reviewed by James Chin The West New Guinea Debacle: Dutch Colonisation and Indonesia 1945–1962, by C L M Penders Reviewed by Ron May Melal: A Novel of the Pacific, by Robert Barclay Reviewed by Robert C Kiste Sista Tongue, by Lisa Linn Kanae Reviewed by Juliana Spahr Diaspora and the Difficult Art of Dying, by Sudesh Mishra Reviewed by Briar Wood The Book of the Black Star, by Albert Wendt Reviewed by Nell Altizer Skull Art in Papua New Guinea (video) Reviewed by Pamela Sheffield Rosi Kau Faito‘o: Traditional Healers of Tonga (video) Reviewed by Heather Young Leslie Wasawasa (music compact disc) Reviewed by Bob Alexander Gauguin’s Zombie (art installation) Reviewed by Marcia Morse Featured Artist: Rogotai Lomas Born in Kawhia in 1963, Rongotai Lomas is a leading New Zealand animator, film and music video director, editor, and graphic designer. Graduating with a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Canterbury in 1988 (majoring in film and television under Leon Narbey), Lomas has been owner and operator of computer animation company 1A Tapui Ltd since 1993. His design work has been as diverse as the 1996 “Toi” series of stamps for NZ Post and the opening titles and design for television program Mai Time, Te Karere, and 3:45 Live. Recent work includes the editing of two full-length features—Hotere, directed by Merata Mita, and Blerta, directed by Geoff Murphy—and the new Che Fu website for SONY music. | Fall 16(2) Articles Traveling Stories, Colonial Intimacies, and Women’s Histories in Vanuatu Margaret Rodman Tackling Māori Masculinity: A Colonial Genealogy of Savagery and Sport Brendan Hokowhitu Toward a Viable Independence? The Koniambo Project and the Political Economy of Mining in New Caledonia Leah S Horowitz Christianity, Calamity, and Culture: The Involvement of Christian Churches in the 1998 Aitape Tsunami Disaster Relief Philip M Fountain, Sara L Kindon, Warwick E Murray Dialogue This Magnificent Accident: An Interview with Witi Ihimaera Margaret Meklin and Andrew Meklin Political Reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2003 Karin von Strokirch Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2003 David Chappell, Anita Jowitt, Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka, Jaap Timmer Book and Media Reviews Whale Rider (feature film) Reviewed by Esther Figueroa Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti, The Mäori Merchant of Venice (feature film) Reviewed by Valerie Wayne Kainga Tahi Kainga Rua: New Work on Banaba, by Brett Graham (art installation) Reviewed by Peter Brunt ARTPIX 3: Aotearoa/New Zealand (CD-ROM) Reviewed by Karen Stevenson Night is a Sharkskin Drum, by Haunani-Kay Trask Reviewed by Robert Sullivan When the Shark Bites, by Rodney Morales Reviewed by Susan Y Najita Handle With Care: Ownership and Control of Ethnographic Materials, edited by Sjoerd R Jaarmsa Reviewed by James Leach The Network Inside Out, by Annelise Riles Reviewed by Teresia K Teaiwa Bravo for the Marshallese: Regaining Control in a Post-Nuclear, Post-Colonial World, by Holly M Barker Reviewed by Laurence Marshall Carucci The Marshall Islands: Living Atolls Amidst the Living Sea, by the National Biodiversity Team of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Reviewed by Julianne Walsh Kroeker People and Things: Social Mediations in Oceania, edited by Monique Jeudy-Ballini and Bernard Juillerat Reviewed by Rena Lederman Tongans Overseas: Between Two Shores, by Helen Morton Lee Saili Matagi: Samoan Migrants in Australia, by Leulu Felise Va‘a Reviewed by Cluny Macpherson La Saga du kava, du Vanuatu á la Nouvelle-Calédonie, by Annabel R Chanteraud, Reviewed by Dorotheé Dussy Edward W Gifford and Richard Shutler Jr’s Archaeological Expedition to New Caledonia in 1952, by Christophe Sand and Patrick V Kirch Reviewed by Glenn Summerhayes Pacific Lives, Pacific Places: Bursting Boundaries in Pacific History, edited by Brij V Lal and Peter Hempenstall Reviewed by Paul D’Arcy Exploration & Exchange: A South Seas Anthology, 1680–1900, edited by Jonathan Lamb, Vanessa Smith, and Nicholas Thomas Preserving the Self in the South Seas, 1680–1840, by Jonathan Lamb Reviewed by Michael P J Reilly Featured Artist: Ake Lianga Ake Lianga was born in 1975 into a large family on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. He has been pursuing his art since childhood. In his village school no art classes were available, yet he worked hard on his own. Many of his ancestors had been carvers and weavers and he looked to his family for inspiration and encouragement. |