Aphrodite’s Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti by Anne Salmond - 2010

University of California Press, 2010-01-12. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Berkeley. 2010. January 2010. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520261143. 12 color illustrations, 50 b/w photographs, 3 maps. 544 pages. hardcover. keywords: Tahiti History Colonialsim. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Aphrodite's Island is a bold new account of the European discovery of Tahiti, the Pacific island of mythic status that has figured so powerfully in European imaginings about sexuality, the exotic, and the nobility or bestiality of ‘savages.' In this groundbreaking book, Anne Salmond takes readers to the center of the shared history to furnish rich insights into Tahitian perceptions of the visitors while illuminating the full extent of European fascination with Tahiti. As she discerns the impact and meaning of the European effect on the islands, she demonstrates how, during the early contact period, the mythologies of Europe and Tahiti intersected and became entwined. Drawing on Tahitian oral histories, European manuscripts and artworks,… Read More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.537

University of California Press, 2010-01-12. Hardcover. Good. hardcover with dust jacket, pages clear and tan, shelf and edge wear, cocked, corners bumped, ex-library copy with usual library markings and mylar cover with the top layer removed leaving the underlayment beneath the dust jacket, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders

Hardback. Good.

University of California Press, 2010-01-12. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!