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White Savages in the South Seas
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White Savages in the South Seas Hardback - 1995

by Mel Kernahan

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This is a book about Polynesia after the cruise ship has left, the jet has flown off into the sunset, and the mai tai curtain has dropped on a dream that was more performance than reality. This first-hand narrative introduces the reader to the Cook Islands and an extraordinary array of their inhabitants: Susy No Pants who lives an uproarious life of pleasure, but never strays far from who she is or where she came from; a nuclear nomad from the Tuamotus who attempts suicide by ancient means in California's Balboa Fun Zone, home of the chocolate-dipped banana; and French bureaucrats who concoct an elaborate charade to create an uplifting image of the Foreign Legion in Papeete, Tahiti. The author encounters missionaries, randy kings, dictators, sailors, drunk island tyrants and visionaries on remote isles where tourists seldom tread. Kernahan does not find paradise, although she admits to having looked for it.

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  • Title White Savages in the South Seas
  • Author Mel Kernahan
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition illustrated edit
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Verso
  • Publication date 1995-10-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781859849781 / 1859849784
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.48 x 6.35 x 0.85 in (24.08 x 16.13 x 2.16 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Australian
    • Cultural Region: Oceania
  • Category Travel - General
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96147151
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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“A feast for anyone who knows or is curious about the South Pacific.”—Herb Kawainul Kane

Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/1995, Page 1327

About the author

Mel Kernahan has written for Cosmopolitan, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Sacramento Bee as well as various Pacific Island publications. She was the first woman ever selected by the Cook Islands government to serve as Overseas Public Information Officer, and has worked as a cultural consultant on Polynesia to the City of Los Angeles and UCLA.

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