ORIGINS: GEOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY, & MIGRATION PATTERNS OF POLYNESIA CONTACT ZONES & MOTIFS: DISCOVERY, THEMES OF CANNIBALISM & SENSUAL PARADISE, BEACHCOMBERS, MISSIONARIES, IMPERIALISM, HAWAII STATEHOOD, MAORI HISTORY, TOURISM WESTERN CULTURE THEORY: ROMANTIC PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL THEORY

South Pacific Islands: Cultures & Contact Zones

IDH 2004: Honors Seminar IV

Prof. Bruce Harvey

INSIDE HAWAIIAN & MAORIAN CULTURE: FOLKTALES, MATERIAL CULTURE, & CONTEMPORARY FICTION
MAPS OF POLYNESIA: HAWAII, FRENCH POLYNESIA, MARQUESAS, COOK ISLANDS, EASTER ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND WESTERN REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC: FROM GAUGHIN'S TAHITIAN PAINTINGS TO "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY" & ELVIS'S "BLUE HAWAII" JUST LOOKING: ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES OF NATIVE CULTURE