We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Papua New Guineans Reconstructing their Histories: The Pacific War Revisited.
- Authors
Ritchie, Jonathan
- Abstract
This article discusses the project to record interviews with Papua New Guineans about their experiences of the Pacific War between 1942 and 1945, which was very much a critical juncture in the course of Papua New Guinean history. It examines how Papua New Guineans' encounters with the War that devastated their land have been portrayed, and suggests that an exploration featuring Papua New Guineans in the telling of their own experiences with the War derives from the argument by the late Epeli Hau'ofa that they should be active participants in the reconstruction of their histories and the creation of their realities.
- Subjects
PACIFIC Area; PAPUA New Guineans; PACIFIC Front (World War II); WORLD War II; HAU'OFA, Epeli; HISTORY of Papua New Guinea; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Oceania, 2017, Vol 87, Issue 2, p124
- ISSN
0029-8077
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ocea.5159