Varua Tupu

New Writing from French Polynesia
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8248-3019-9
Verlag: University of Hawaii Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 204 mm x 205 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Manoa

Varua Tupu: New Writing and Art from French Polynesia strengthens the ancient ties between Hawai'i and the islands of French Polynesia by translating the voices of an emerging Ma'ohi (Polynesian) literary community into English and show-casing the cultural arts of the region in general. This volume features translations of a variety of locally celebrated genres, including poetry, memoir, and fiction. Though this work is focused on the current moment, it includes fresh translations of poet Henri Hiro, who served as a spark to the tinder of the Tahitian cultural renaissance in the 1960s and 1970s and who continues to inspire the current generation of literary activists.

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Über Autor(innen)

Frank Stewart is the general editor of Manoa. Kareva Mateata-Allain, of Tuamotu, French, and British parent-age, is ABD in Languages and Literature at the University of New Mexico. Alexander Dale Mawyer is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Chicago.