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The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands (review)

The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands (review) 262 the contemporary pacific • 23:1 (2011) Maisin have engaged at every turn The Insular Empire: America in the with the novelties and opportuni- Mariana Islands. Documentary, ties that colonialism, missionization, 59 minutes, 35 mm, color/ black- nationalism, and monetization have and-white, 2009. Written, directed, presented. They have done so with and produced by Vanessa Warheit. integrity, encompassing (albeit not Distributed by Horse Opera Pro- perfectly) the cash economy within the ductions. Available for screening or moral economy—through remittances purchase through Transit Media: from Maisin who are employed in http://theinsularempire.blogspot town, for example, and by continu- .com/p/buy-dvd.html ing to share, within their wide kinship networks, any material benefit that Posing the provocative question, comes their way. Barker subtly insists “What is it like to be a colonial subject on the place of anthropology in an era of the greatest democracy on Earth?” of globalization: “global trends and Vanessa Warheit’s The Insular Empire: connections always take shape and America in the Mariana Islands have effects within localities. These encourages closer consideration of the localities, in turn, exert their own complex and ongoing colonial history influences” (177). The reader sees of the Chamorro people. The 2009 Barker in the field and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Contemporary Pacific University of Hawai'I Press

The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands (review)

The Contemporary Pacific , Volume 23 (1) – Mar 26, 2011

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University of Hawai'I Press
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Copyright © 2011 University of Hawai'i Press.
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Abstract

262 the contemporary pacific • 23:1 (2011) Maisin have engaged at every turn The Insular Empire: America in the with the novelties and opportuni- Mariana Islands. Documentary, ties that colonialism, missionization, 59 minutes, 35 mm, color/ black- nationalism, and monetization have and-white, 2009. Written, directed, presented. They have done so with and produced by Vanessa Warheit. integrity, encompassing (albeit not Distributed by Horse Opera Pro- perfectly) the cash economy within the ductions. Available for screening or moral economy—through remittances purchase through Transit Media: from Maisin who are employed in http://theinsularempire.blogspot town, for example, and by continu- .com/p/buy-dvd.html ing to share, within their wide kinship networks, any material benefit that Posing the provocative question, comes their way. Barker subtly insists “What is it like to be a colonial subject on the place of anthropology in an era of the greatest democracy on Earth?” of globalization: “global trends and Vanessa Warheit’s The Insular Empire: connections always take shape and America in the Mariana Islands have effects within localities. These encourages closer consideration of the localities, in turn, exert their own complex and ongoing colonial history influences” (177). The reader sees of the Chamorro people. The 2009 Barker in the field and

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The Contemporary PacificUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Mar 26, 2011

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