Speaking to Power

Gender and Politics in the Western Pacific

By: Lynn Wilson

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Paperback | 14 February 1995 | Edition Number 1

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For nearly fifty years, US government officials have identified Belau, in western Micronesia, as a key strategic site and have implemented administrative policies designed to maintain permanent access to Belau's land, reefs and waters for military purposes. Elder women placed themselves at the forefront of opposition to these policies, and, as part of oppositional efforts, successfully entered international political arenas. "Speaking to Power" moves beyond examining the impact of militarism and colonial administrative policy in Belau and draws on feminist poststructural analysis to explore the fluidity of contests in constructions of "gender," "politics," and "tradition" during US administration in Belau.
Wilson offers a compelling ethnography that incorporates critical questions about US military and administrative policy in Belau, introduces contemporary analytical debates concerning power in an accessible way, and examines power relations in local, national and international politics. She challenges conventional approaches to ethnography, addresses power relations within the process of her own research and writing, and effectively uses this reflexive text to experiment with alternative forms of representation and ethnographic writing.

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"This very engaging and committed book takes great pains to paint a picture of the political situation in Belau as recounted mainly by a woman who for several years has been involved in a struggle to block U.S. attempts to ratify a 'Compact of Free Association.' ... [The authors'] attempts to expose the Compact as the harbinger of nukes rather than money is a salutary tale for us all." -"American Anthropologist

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