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The Pacific Muse: Exotic Femininity and the Colonial Pacific O’Brien, Patricia (Visiting Professor, Australian National University and and Ctr. for Australian & New Zealand Studies)
The Pacific Muse: Exotic Femininity and the Colonial Pacific
O’Brien, Patricia (Visiting Professor, Australian National University and and Ctr. for Australian & New Zealand Studies)
Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists.
338 pages, 37 illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 6, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780295987651 |
| Publishers | University of Washington Press |
| Pages | 338 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 23 mm · 554 g |