Poor Little Ritz Boy David "Does" Hawaii or: Lucky Davy Salutes Lucky Lindy
In this article, David Bittner explodes the myth, restated in Brideshead Revisited (1945), that Polynesians are "happy and harmless." He does so for the same reason that Evelyn Waugh does: "the grim invasion of trader, administrator, missionary, and tourist" has changed all that...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2010]
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Journal of religion and health
Anno: 2010, Volume: 49, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 603-619 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Greenberg
B Damien B Forgiveness B Statehood B Lindbergh |
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| Riepilogo: | In this article, David Bittner explodes the myth, restated in Brideshead Revisited (1945), that Polynesians are "happy and harmless." He does so for the same reason that Evelyn Waugh does: "the grim invasion of trader, administrator, missionary, and tourist" has changed all that (p. 174). Touring Hawaii in July of '09, Bittner was interested to discover some unusual bits of American heritage, but saddened to see how "civilization" and "Americanization" actually seem to have eroded the Hawaiian people's rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Bittner's dual religious heritageJudaism by birth and upbringing and Catholicism by choice in mid-lifehas given him the perspective to apply the lessons of Hawaiian history to his own personal issues, particularly forgiveness. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9384-1 |