Political life writing in the Pacific : reflections on practice /
Political life writing in the Pacific : reflections on practice /
Jack Corbett, Brij V. Lal, editors.
- 1 online resource
- State, Society and Governance in Melanesia .
- State, society and governance in Melanesia (Series) .
Footnotes include bibliographical references.
Practising political life writing in the Pacific / Political life writing in Papua New Guinea / Understanding Solomon / The 'Pawa Meri' project / 'End of a phase of history' / Random thoughts of an occasional practitioner / Walking the line between Anga Fakatonga and Anga Fakapalangi / Writing influential lives / Celebrating my journey / Reflections on a remarkable journey / Solomon Islands' biography / Biographies of post-1900 New Zealand prime ministers / Jack Corbett -- Jonathan Ritchie -- Christopher Chevalier -- Ceridwen Spark -- Brij V. Lal -- Deryck Scarr -- Areti Metuamate -- Nicole Haley -- Sethy Regenvanu -- Carol Kidu -- Clive Moore -- Doug Munro.
This book emerged from a workshop symposium on political life writing held at The Australian National University (ANU) in October 2012. The inspiration came from discussions on the practice of life writing and the issues and challenges that one faces while writing political biography. Some of the themes related to life writing in general: the ambiguous place of the genre within the academy, its 'great person in history' tendencies, the relationship between writer and subject, and the big question that faces all writers: what to leave in and out. Also explored are the nature of certain source materials: Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, political speeches, interviews, and the divergent perspectives offered by supporters and opponents. Some of these themes seemed to be of particular significance in a Pacific context, including patterns of colonization and the memory of independence, issues elliptically captured by terms like 'culture' and 'tradition', the nature of 'self' presented in Pacific life writing, and the tendency for many of these texts to have been written by 'outsiders', or at least the increasingly contested nature of what that term means. With this broad canvas in mind, this book brings together, for the first time, a community of scholars writing 'political lives' in the Pacific.
English.
9781925022612 1925022617
578871 10.26530/OAPEN_578871 doi
22573/ctt172msst JSTOR
Politicians--Islands of the Pacific--Biography.
Authorship--Social aspects.
Political science--Social aspects.
Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Politics & government.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
Authorship--Social aspects.
Political science--Social aspects.
Politicians.
Politics and government.
Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Biography - General.
History & Archaeology.
Islands of the Pacific--Politics and government--Biography.
Pacific Ocean--Islands of the Pacific.
politics. pacific. life writing.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
CT22
324.2092
Footnotes include bibliographical references.
Practising political life writing in the Pacific / Political life writing in Papua New Guinea / Understanding Solomon / The 'Pawa Meri' project / 'End of a phase of history' / Random thoughts of an occasional practitioner / Walking the line between Anga Fakatonga and Anga Fakapalangi / Writing influential lives / Celebrating my journey / Reflections on a remarkable journey / Solomon Islands' biography / Biographies of post-1900 New Zealand prime ministers / Jack Corbett -- Jonathan Ritchie -- Christopher Chevalier -- Ceridwen Spark -- Brij V. Lal -- Deryck Scarr -- Areti Metuamate -- Nicole Haley -- Sethy Regenvanu -- Carol Kidu -- Clive Moore -- Doug Munro.
This book emerged from a workshop symposium on political life writing held at The Australian National University (ANU) in October 2012. The inspiration came from discussions on the practice of life writing and the issues and challenges that one faces while writing political biography. Some of the themes related to life writing in general: the ambiguous place of the genre within the academy, its 'great person in history' tendencies, the relationship between writer and subject, and the big question that faces all writers: what to leave in and out. Also explored are the nature of certain source materials: Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, political speeches, interviews, and the divergent perspectives offered by supporters and opponents. Some of these themes seemed to be of particular significance in a Pacific context, including patterns of colonization and the memory of independence, issues elliptically captured by terms like 'culture' and 'tradition', the nature of 'self' presented in Pacific life writing, and the tendency for many of these texts to have been written by 'outsiders', or at least the increasingly contested nature of what that term means. With this broad canvas in mind, this book brings together, for the first time, a community of scholars writing 'political lives' in the Pacific.
English.
9781925022612 1925022617
578871 10.26530/OAPEN_578871 doi
22573/ctt172msst JSTOR
Politicians--Islands of the Pacific--Biography.
Authorship--Social aspects.
Political science--Social aspects.
Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Politics & government.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
Authorship--Social aspects.
Political science--Social aspects.
Politicians.
Politics and government.
Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Biography - General.
History & Archaeology.
Islands of the Pacific--Politics and government--Biography.
Pacific Ocean--Islands of the Pacific.
politics. pacific. life writing.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
CT22
324.2092