My Land, My Life: Dispossession at the Frontier of Desire

by Siobhan McDonnell

Throughout Oceania, land is central to identity because it is understood to be spiritually nourishing and sustaining. Land is the mother. Land, and the kinship it nurtures, is the basis for sustaining livelihoods and ways of life. Therefore, Indigenous dispossession from the land has deep and far-reaching consequences. My Land, My Life: Dispossession at the Frontier of Desire explores the land rush that took place in Vanuatu from 2001 to 2014 which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824894456
• ISBN13: 9780824894450
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"