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Papua New Guineans reconstructing their histories: the Pacific War revisited

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posted on 2017-07-01, 00:00 authored by Jonathan RitchieJonathan Ritchie
This article discusses the project to record interviews with Papua New Guineans about their experiences of the Pacific War between 1942 and 1945, which was very much a critical juncture in the course of Papua New Guinean history. It examines how Papua New Guineans’ encounters with the War that devastated their land have been portrayed, and suggests that an exploration featuring Papua New Guineans in the telling of their own experiences with the War derives from the argument by the late Epeli Hau'ofa that they should be active participants in the reconstruction of their histories and the creation of their realities.

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Journal

Oceania

Volume

87

Issue

2 : Special Issue : Reimagining Oceania through Critical Junctures

Pagination

124 - 138

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia

Location

Richmond, Vic.

ISSN

0029-8077

eISSN

1834-4461

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2017, Oceania Publications

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