{"product_id":"an-indigenous-ocean","title":"An Indigenous Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Indigenous Ocean: \u003cbr\u003ePacific Essays\u003cbr\u003eDamon Salesa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pacific’s ‘Indigenous times’ are not just smaller sections of larger histo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eries, but dimensions of their own.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistories of our Pacific world are richly rendered in these essays by \u003cbr\u003eDamon Salesa. From the first Indigenous civilisations that flourished \u003cbr\u003ein Oceania to the colonial encounters of the nineteenth century, and on \u003cbr\u003eto the complex contemporary relationships between New Zealand and \u003cbr\u003ethe Pacific, Salesa offers new perspectives on this vast ocean – its people, \u003cbr\u003eits cultures, its pasts and its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning a wide range of topics, from race and migration to Pacific studies \u003cbr\u003eand empire, these essays demonstrate Salesa’s remarkable scholarship. \u003cbr\u003eBridging the gap between academic disciplines and cultural traditions, Salesa locates Pacific peoples always at the centre of their stories. An Indigenous Ocean is a pivotal contribution to understanding the history and culture of Oceania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa is an interdisciplinary scholar \u003cbr\u003efocused on Oceania, deeply influenced by Indigenous Pacific cultures, \u003cbr\u003eparticularly his own Samoan genealogy. He is an award-winning author, \u003cbr\u003ewhose publications include Racial Crossings: Race, Intermarriage, and the \u003cbr\u003eVictorian British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Island Time: \u003cbr\u003eNew Zealand’s Pacific Futures (BWB Texts, 2017). Dr Salesa was educated \u003cbr\u003ein New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and has held academic \u003cbr\u003epositions in New Zealand and the United States. Currently the Vice\u003cbr\u003eChancellor of the Auckland University of Technology, he was honoured \u003cbr\u003eas a Fellow of the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2021 for \u003cbr\u003ehis outstanding contribution to Pacific Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays\u003cbr\u003eDamon Salesa\u003cbr\u003eRRP $49.99 Hardback  |  388 pages\u003cbr\u003e240 x 170mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781991033604\u003cbr\u003ePublication: November 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bateman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51026569494821,"sku":"4738","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/6832\/3877\/files\/salesa.png?v=1777765180","url":"https:\/\/shop.govettbrewster.com\/products\/an-indigenous-ocean","provider":"Govett-Brewster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}