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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKneubuhl, Victoria Nalani
_eautore
245 1 0 _aNavigating Islands :
_bPlays from the Pacific /
_cVictoria Nalani Kneubuhl.
264 1 _aHonolulu :
_bUniversity of Hawaii Press,
_c[2024]
264 4 _c2024
300 _a1 online resource (334 p.)
336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tA Note from the Playwright --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_tAitu Fafine --
_tFanny and Belle. The Story of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and her daughter, Belle Osbourne --
_tThe Holiday of Rain --
_tSuggested Readings --
_tAbout the Author
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aNavigating Islands: Plays from the Pacific brings together three plays by distinguished playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. The islands of Sāmoa—often called the “Navigator Islands” on nineteenth-century maps of the Pacific—emerge to the fore, fully dimensional, in this dynamic collection. Of both Hawaiian and Sāmoan ancestry, Kneubuhl spent formative years in the islands as a young adult. Her love of Sāmoa, its culture and its people, is woven into the fabric of every scene. In the front matter of this book, fans of the author’s theatrical productions, media work, and novels will be pleased to learn about her creative process and her broad influence on Pacific literature and storytelling.Two of the plays are set at Vailima, Sāmoa, the former home of Robert Louis Stevenson and his family. Aitu Fafine portrays the final days of Stevenson’s life in an unusual historical fantasy. Through myth and stage magic, the play examines the demonization of women, an author’s role in shaping social attitudes, and the timeless power of story. Fanny and Belle explores the mother-daughter relationship of Fanny Stevenson and her daughter Belle Strong, two intrepid bohemian women who defied the conventions of their time and lived daring and adventurous lives.Set in American Sāmoa in the early twentieth century, The Holiday of Rain reimagines Somerset Maugham’s visit to Pago Pago when he wrote his famous short story “Rain.” While the play is a satirical romp that includes time travel, mistaken identities, and a play within a play, it thematically reviews the portrayal of Polynesian women by Western writers, and the fictionalization of Pacific places and people of color to suit perceived Western audience demands.All three plays scrutinize how non-Polynesians interact with Polynesians when attempting to navigate through the subtleties of island life. They also ask readers and viewers to think about how the outside world’s impressions of Polynesians are shaped by the perceptions and stories of foreigners. Perhaps the plays’ most compelling connections involve women as they fight to achieve individuality in the face of unfair expectations, negative societal projections, and historical misrepresentations of female characters in literature.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)
650 0 _aWomen
_zSamoa
_vDrama.
650 7 _aDRAMA / Australian & Oceanian.
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653 _aAitu Fafine.
653 _aFanny and Belle.
653 _aHawaii Pacific play.
653 _aHawaiian literature.
653 _aHawaiian play.
653 _aOceania play.
653 _aPacific play.
653 _aPago Pago.
653 _aPolynesia play.
653 _aRobert Louis Stevenson.
653 _aSamoa Play.
653 _aVailima Samoa.
653 _ahistoric Oceania.
653 _atheater Hawaii.
653 _atheater Polynesia.
653 _atheater Samoa.
700 1 _aHowes, Craig
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780824898281?locatt=mode:legacy
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