| Stopover Contributor(s): Connew, Bruce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824831985 ISBN-13: 9780824831981 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2007 Annotation: Indians first arrived in Fiji as indentured laborers in 1879. Since the Rabuka coup d'etat in 1987, and three subsequent Fiji coups, Indian-Fijians have been emigrating from the country in earnest. Stopover is a haunting suite of photographs by New Zealand artist Bruce Connew from the tiny Indian-Fijian sugar cane settlement of Vatiyaka, taken during seven visits between June 2000 and November 2003, placing an extended family inside the story of migration. Connew's narrative captions and a story by Brij V. Lal take the reader to the heart of an embattled life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 996.11 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 7.7" (0.90 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Indians first arrived in Fiji as indentured laborers in 1879. Since the Rabuka coup d'etat in 1987, and three subsequent Fiji coups, Indian-Fijians have been emigrating from the country in earnest. Stopover is a haunting suite of photographs by New Zealand artist Bruce Connew from the tiny Indian-Fijian sugar cane settlement of Vatiyaka, taken during seven visits between June 2000 and November 2003, placing an extended family inside the story of migration. Connew's narrative captions and a story by Brij V. Lal take the reader to the heart of an embattled life |
