Machine derived contents note: List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Captain Cook at Hawaii -- 2. Cook after Death -- 3. Historical Fiction, Makeshift Ethnography -- 4. Rationalities: How "Natives" Think -- Epilogue: Historiography, or Symbolic Violence -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Examination of the construction and interpretation of culture and rationality in anthropology and history; historical and contemporary role of culture in western and Indigenous contexts; critique of the work of Obeyesekere and the deification of Cook in Hawaii; argues for the need to recognise and engage with cultural difference in the writing of colonial history; includes brief reference to Aborigines
Analysis
Captain Cook
Cultural anthropology
Hawaii
Indigenous populations
Stereotypes
Notes
Bibliography; p. 287-301; Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index