The Contemporary Pacific A Journal of Island Affairs Volume 22 Number 2 2010 CENTER FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES & UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI I PRESS
The Contemporary Paci c: A Journal of Island Affairs is abstracted or indexed in Abstracts on Rural Development in the Tropics, Anthropological Index, CAB International, Current Military and Political Literature, Hawaii Paci c Journal Index (UHCARL), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Current Awareness Services, Sociological Abstracts, and UnCover (CARL). The Contemporary Paci c is available online through Project MUSE (http://muse.jhu.edu). Back issues are now freely available via the University of Hawai i M noa Hamilton Library s digital repository, ScholarSpace (http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu / ). Cover: Details of three works by Michel Tuffery: Nui Lichen Moth (2009, color reduction woodblock on embossed cream pescia paper, 760 x 560 mm); Mt. Taranaki View from Whanganui River Head Tasi (2010, multi-wood block on embossed cream pescia paper, 560 x 760 mm); and Ula Tivaevae (2010, color reduction multi-woodblock embossed print, 650 x 500 mm). Cover design by Stacey Leong Design Journal design by Barbara Pope Cartography by Manoa Mapworks Inc, Honolulu, Hawai i. 2010 by University of Hawai i Press. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. issn 1043 898 x The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39. 48 1984.
Special Issue Flying Fox Excursions: Albert Wendt s Creative and Critical Legacy in Oceania Guest edited by Teresia K Teaiwa and Selina Tusitala Marsh
Contents the pacific islands about the artist: michel tuffery iv ix Albert Wendt s Critical and Creative Legacy in Oceania: An Introduction Teresia Teaiwa and Selina Tusitala Marsh 233 Sega 1 Dan Taulapapa McMullin 249 He Mele Aloha Brandy N lani McDougall 250 E-mailing Albert Selina Tusitala Marsh 252 Not E-mailing Albert: A Legacy of Collection, Connection, Community Alice Te Punga Somerville 253 Owed Monica A Ka imipono Kaiwi 271 Song of the Banyan Tree Sia Figiel 273 Tom Marisa Maepu 277 Inside Us the Dead (The NZ-born Version) Karlo Mila 281 V rua Tupu Robert Sullivan 283
He Aloha no N Kalo ku ualoha ho omanawanui 285 Tatz ku ualoha ho omanawanui 286 After Aoga Lily Laita 288 Letter to the Editor [a work in progress] Cresantia Frances Koya 289 Where it is all AT Tracey Tawhiao 291 Gifted Flows: Making Space for a Brand New Beat April K Henderson 293 Monsieur Cochon Dan Taulapapa McMullin 316 I dream of Nahnep and the blue-eyed sailor Emelihter Kihleng 320 Toru Keith L Camacho 321 Te Awaroa (The Valley of the Long River) Serie Barford 328 Cowboys in the House of Polynesia Damon Salesa 330 In the Shade of the Banyan Tree Susan Y Najita 349 Against Tradition Sean Mallon 362 A Search for the New Oceania Graeme Whimp 382 The New Oceania: A Selected Bibliography Graeme Whimp 389 Pouliuli 8 Doug Poole 394
Sione Tapili Ant Sang 396 political reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2009 Nic Maclellan 400 Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2009 David Chappell, Jon Fraenkel, Solomon Kantha, Gordon Leua Nanau, Howard Van Trease, Muridan S Widjojo 416 book and media reviews Hailans to Ailans: Contemporary Art of Papua New Guinea [exhibition] Reviewed by Jewel Castro 480 American Aloha: Cultural Tourism and the Negotiation of Tradition, by Heather A Diamond Reviewed by Alexis Celeste Bunten 483 Decolonizing Cultures in the Pacific: Reading History and Trauma in Contemporary Fiction, by Susan Y Najita Reviewed by Alice Te Punga Somerville 486 Tapa Talk, by Serie Barford A Well Written Body, by Karlo Mila, with paintings by Delicia Sampero Reviewed by Robert Sullivan 488 H : Breath of Life [performance at the Polynesian Cultural Center] Reviewed by Chai Blair-Stahn 492 Cheap Meat: Flap Food Nations in the Pacific Islands, by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington Reviewed by Larry M Lake 495 Traditional Micronesian Societies: Adaptation, Integration, and Political Organization, by Glenn Petersen Reviewed by Lin Poyer 496 contributors 501