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Memories of War : Micronesians in the Pacific War by Suzanne Falgout, Lin Poyer, Laurence Marshall Carucci is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Micronesians often liken the Pacific War to a typhoon, one that swept away their former lives and brought dramatic changes to their understandings of the world and their places in it. Whether they spent the war in bomb shelters, in sweet potato fields under the guns of Japanese soldiers, or in their homes on atolls sheltered from the war, Micronesians who survived those years know that their peoples passed through a major historical transformation. Yet Pacific War histories scarcely mention the Islanders across whose lands and seas the fighting waged. Memories of War sets out to the fill that historical gap by presenting the missing voices of Micronesians and by viewing those years from their perspectives. The focus is on Micronesian remembrancesthe ritual commemorations, features of the landscape, stories, dances, and songs that keep their memories of the conflict alive. The inclusion of numerous and extensive interviews and songs is an important feature of this book, allowing Micronesians to speak for themselves about their experiences. In addition, they also reveal distinctively Micronesian cultural memories of war. Memories of War preserves powerful and poignant memories for Mi

Who reads Memories of War : Micronesians in the Pacific War?

Author

Suzanne Falgout, Lin Poyer, Laurence Marshall Carucci

Publisher

University of Hawaii Press; University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824859039

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Australian & Oceanian History