Sexual encounters : Pacific texts, modern sexualities / Lee Wallace.

Author/creator Wallace, Lee, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Description175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Cook, James, 1728-1779--Sexual behavior.
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820--Sexual behavior.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903--Sexual behavior.
Sex customs--Islands of the Pacific. --History. --Sources.
Europeans--Islands of the Pacific. --Sexual behavior.
Europeans--Islands of the Pacific. --Attitudes.
Pacific Islanders--Sexual behavior.
Heterosexuality--Islands of the Pacific. --History. --Sources.
Homosexuality--Islands of the Pacific. --History. --Sources.
Islands of the Pacific--Discovery and exploration.

Contents Pacific texts, modern sexualities -- Sexual encounter in Hawaii on Cook's third voyage -- Marquesan encounter and male visibility -- Sexual difference and the expulsion of William Yate -- Gauguin's Manao Tupapau and sodomitical invitation -- Fa'afafine, queens of Samoa and sexual elision.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172) and index.
LCCN 2002155647
ISBN0801441218 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN080148832X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GN662 .W35 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold