Mimesis and Pacific Transcultural Encounters: Making Likenesses in Time, Trade, and Ritual Reconfigurations (ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology Book 8)

How Do Images Circulating In Pacific Cultures And Exchanged Between Them And Their Many Visitors Transform Meanings For All Involved? This Fascinating Collection Explores How Through Mimesis, Wayfarers And Locales Alike Borrow Images From One Another To Expand Their Cultural Repertoire Of Meanings Or Borrow Images From Their Own Past To Validate Their Identities. Edited By Jeannette Mageo And Elfriede Hermann. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "How do images circulating in Pacific cultures and exchanged between them and their many visitors transform meanings for all involved? This fascinating collection explores how through mimesis, wayfarers and locales alike borrow images from one another to expand their cultural repertoire of meanings or borrow images from their own past to validate their identities".--Résumé de l'éditeur