Author Raylene Ramsay (director, French Pacific Research Centre, University of Auckland) has edited a previous book on Kanaky-New Caledonia. Here, she draws on hybridity theory and the ideas of
Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall to study the literature of the French-speaking Pacific, specifically the oral traditions and written literature of the indigenous peoples of French Pacific region of
New Caledonia. Each chapter identifies pathways within various places of cultural mixing in emerging Kanak-New Caledonian literatures. Writers discussed include Dw Gorod, Pierre Gope, and
Claudine Jacques. Works discussed include Parti Pris, L’pave, and “Le Maître de Kon.” Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
