The Rise of Pacific Literature: Decolonization, Radical Campuses, and Modernism

2025/11/09 by Kirsten McGavin · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Asian American and Pacific Histories #New Zealand Economic and Social Studies #Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

paper · doi:10.1080/00223344.2025.2572449

openalex publication_date 2025/11/09 · openalex created_date 2025/11/09 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14

Abstract

The major goal of this book is to recount and critique the written literature of the Pacific Islands region. It is an ambitious undertaking but one that comes at the right time, with so many emergi...

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• McGavin, K. (2026). The Rise of Pacific Literature: Decolonization, Radical Campuses, and Modernism: By Maebh Long and Matthew Hayward. New York, Columbia University Press, 2024. The Journal of Pacifi [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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