The Contemporary Pacific
A Journal of Island Affairs
Volume 27 • Number 2
2015
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Decolonization, Language, and Identity: The Francophone Islands of the Pacific
Guest edited by Bruno Saura and Léopold Mu Si Yan Contents
the pacific islands iv about the artists ix articles Decolonization, Language, and Identity: The Francophone Islands of the Pacific Léopold Mu Si Yan and Bruno Saura 325 Remembrance of the Colonial Past in the French Islands of the Pacific: Speeches, Representations, and Commemorations Bruno Saura 337 Brave New Words: The Complexities and Possibilities of an “Indigenous” Identity in French Polynesia and New Caledonia Natacha Gagné 371 Imagining the Body in Pacific Francophone Literature Titaua Porcher-Wiart 405 dialogue Linguistic Ideologies: Teaching Oceanic Languages in French Polynesia and New Caledonia Jacques Vernaudon 434 resources Resources for Research in French Polynesia and New Caledonia David Aymonin and Isabelle Heutte 466 political reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2014 Nic Maclellan 488 Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2014 Jon Fraenkel, Douglas Kammen, Solomon Kantha, Gordon Leua Nanau, Howard Van Trease 508 book and media reviews Tiki Pop: America Imagines Its Own Polynesian Paradise [exhibit] Tiki Pop: America Imagines Its Own Polynesian Paradise, by Sven Kirsten Reviewed by Geoffrey M White 560 Conjurer la guerre: Violence et pouvoir à Houaïlou (Nouvelle-Calédonie), by Michel Naepels Reviewed by Louis Bousquet 565 Une mairie dans la France coloniale: Koné, Nouvelle Calédonie, by Benoît Trépied Reviewed by Lorenzo Veracini 568 Décoloniser l’école? Hawai‘i, Nouvelle-Calédonie: Expériences contemporaines, by Marie Salaün Reviewed by Nathalie Segeral 570 The Pā Boys [feature film] Reviewed by Vilsoni Hereniko 573 Jonah From Tonga [television series] Reviewed by David W Kupferman 576 Tropics of Savagery: The Culture of Japanese Empire in Comparative Frame, by Robert Thomas Tierney Nanyo-Orientalism: Japanese Representations of the Pacific, by Naoto Sudo Reviewed by Josh Levy 579 Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands, by Jennifer Taylor and James Conner Reviewed by Hetereki Huke 583 Living Art in Papua New Guinea, by Susan Cochrane Reviewed by Paul Sharrad 586 I Ulu I Ke Kumu, edited by Puakea Nogelmeier Reviewed by Kirsten Kamaile Noelani Mawyer 587 No Mākou ka Mana: Liberating the Nation, by Kamanamaikalani Beamer Reviewed by Lorenz Gonschor 591 Islands at Risk? Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change, by John Connell Reviewed by Lindsey Harris 593 contributors 597