Glamour in the Pacific: Cultural Internatioinalism & Race Politics in the Women's Pan-Pacific

by Fiona Paisley

Since its inception in 1928, the Pan-Pacific Women's Association (PPWA) has witnessed and contributed to enormous changes in world and Pacific history. Operating out of Honolulu, this women's network established a series of conferences that promoted social reform and an internationalist outlook through cultural exchange. For the many women attracted to the project--from China, Japan, the Pacific Islands, and the major settler colonies of the region--the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824833422
• ISBN13: 9780824833428
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"