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Papua New Guineans reconstructing their histories: the Pacific War revisited
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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OceaniaVolume
87Issue
2 : Special Issue : Reimagining Oceania through Critical JuncturesPagination
124 - 138Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing AsiaLocation
Richmond, Vic.Publisher DOI
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0029-8077eISSN
1834-4461Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2017, Oceania PublicationsUsage metrics
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