The Pacific Muse by Patricia O′brien PAPERBACK 9780295987651

The Pacific Muse\nby Patricia O\u2032brien\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Patricia O\u2032brien\nTitle: The Pacific Muse\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Ethnic studies\nPublisher: MV - University of Washington Press\nISBN-13: 9780295987651\nISBN-10: 0295987650\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nOffers 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.\n\nOffers 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 il.