Following his vita from afar in articles and books, and. An everyday performance as we present our selective narratives about what has happened at the kitchen table, to the courts, to the taxman, at the graveside. Beach crossings is part memoir, part history, and part imaginative exploration of the symbolic strip of land where ocean meets beach. Beach crossings voyaging across times, cultures and self by greg dening hardcover, 380 pages, published 2004 by melbourne university publishing isbn. Greg dening 1931 march 2008 was an australian historian of the pacific dening born in newcastle, new south wales. Voyaging across times, cultures, and self, ethnographic historian greg dening tells elegant tales of adventure, discovery, and belonging. Wayfinder in the presents of the past,the journal of pacific history,43. Greg dening get textbooks new textbooks used textbooks. Greg was professor of history emeritus of the university of melbourne. Greg dening offers a variety of readings of history in this collection of essays. This lecture is the latest in an annual series commemorating innovative historian greg dening 19312008, who held the max crawford professorship of history at the university of melbourne from 1974 until his retirement in 1990. Voyaging across times, cultures, and self two good resources on crosscultural interactions patrick manning, migration in world history kenneth pomeranz and steven topik, the world that trade created.
Voyaging across times, cultures and self 9780522848861 by dening, greg and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. I first encountered greg dening when he was completing the writing of this classic of pacific history, published in 1980. Voyaging across times, cultures, and self oct 1, 2004. In beach crossings, moreso than in islands and beaches, dening expresses an awareness of the limitations of the storytelling he has spent his career honing through practice and teaching. In the view from the beach, the forefront is all detail and. Greg revisited the moment in a longer reflection in the book beach crossings which has the provocative subtitle of voyaging. Greg dening in this collection of writingssome new, some previously published greg dening reflects on his experiences both as a historian and a participant in history. Distinguished historian anthropologist greg dening here revisits the island beaches of oceania in an extended essay on first encounters and the peoples they brought together. Acclaimed ethnohistorian greg dening revisits the bloody history of the marquesas and other islands in oceania to craft an extended essay on human change and transition. Discover book depositorys huge selection of greg dening books online. There is a multivalency, a multivocality, in every human act. His version however is a voyage across culture, time and self. In this reflective and reflexive work he sums up his career on several fronts, using the metaphor of the beach for spaces of contact, negotiation, and transition.
Wayfinder in the presents of the past i begin this reflection on greg denings life and work in a way i think he would have approved with four personal vignettes that catch. He earned an ma from melbourne university and his phd from harvard where his doctoral dissertation was a historical ethnography of the marquesas islands. Let me be a storyteller of beach crossings of others and catch the flow of living and telling on the beaches of my own mind. On finding oneself in a library, greg dening lecture, 24 november 20111 do you want to know how i knew i was right. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Blighs bad language, dening writes here an intensely personal, compelling reflection upon his crossings, his subjectsand ours. Our comfort is that to the end this great historian of our sea of islands, our beloved teacher, was able to fill his days writing, finding the right words to speak about the past in all its human richness and complexity. Greg dening is the author of mr blighs bad language 4. In beach crossings, published 24 years after islands and beaches, dening. As he observed about the time of publishing beach crossings pennsylvania, 2004, his remarkable account of his journeying in the history of oceania. Reviewed by roger abrahams, university ofpennsylvania some writers defy categories because they conceive their task to be. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Terence tilley, inventing catholic tradition, maryknoll, ny. Historians, anthropologists, and humanists alike, curl into your favorite reading position and pick up this engaging, inspiring book. Louis school in perth and xavier college in melbourne. Voyaging across times, cultures, and self 9780812238495. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Greg dening was born in newcastle and moved with his family during his early childhood to perth, where his father was posted by his employer. Greg dening spent his life as, amongst other things, a writer of books about pacific island history. Greg had recently had a multiple heart bypass and taken up jogging as a health measure. Discourse on a silent land, marquesas 17741880 islands and beaches made me an historian. I begin this reflection on greg denings life and work in a way i think he.
Dening, who has died at 76, brought to his history writing not only erudition, scholarship and research that were always impeccable, but also a sense of wonderment about. I am standing on the 00 years old beaches of lake mungo and. Dipesh chakrabarty, an imaginative and original historian, the age, 9 april 2008. Greg dening has authored many seminal books on encounters in the sea of islands, the latest being beach crossings. Voyaging across times, cultures, and self, ethnographic historian greg dening tells elegant tales of adventure, discovery, and belonging that take place in and around fenuaenata, more commonly known as the marquesas. Sep 28, 2004 acclaimed ethnohistorian greg dening revisits the bloody history of the marquesas and other islands in oceania to craft an extended essay on human change and transition. To cite this article douglas, bronwen2008greg dening. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Im thinking of greg dening and beach crossings, his great overview of a life of empathetic scrutiny of the pacific. In readingswritings his aim is to cultivate our imaginations so that we might see further, understand more deeply and hear more acutely. The effects of his scholarship on the histories and ethnographies of the region are profound. Explore books by greg dening with our selection at. Reading is a dance on the beaches of the mind, writes greg dening. Distinguished historian anthropologist greg dening here revisits the isl.
In denings unique parlance, the beach is liminal, a threshold, the place for transformational crossingstowards and away from the stranger in the other, towards and away from the stranger in the self. Society, culture, and the world economy, 1400 to the present. Armed vessek bounty by greg dening, greg denning paperback, published 1993 by. Follow greg dening and explore their bibliography from s greg dening author page. Historythe past transformed into words or paint or dance or playis always a perfor mance. Wayfinder in the presents of the past, journal of pacific history 43. On finding oneself in a library, greg dening lecture, 24. Beach crossings is for greg dening a summary work, the apex of a fiftyyear career that has taken him across many beaches and oceans. And in part two, romebased musician and writer, mike cooper has created a musical suite informed by some of the ideas of the late australian anthropologist greg. Gregs last pacific book, the autoethnography beach crossings, is a memorial to jonathan whose crossing was too brief. In readingswritings his aim is to cultivate our imaginations so that we might see further.
Voyaging across times, cultures, and self, ethnographic historian greg dening tells elegant tales of adventure, discovery, and belonging that take place in and around fenuaenata, more commonly known as the. Beach crossings goodreads meet your next favorite book. And i dont like the company i am forced to keep on the nonfiction shelves in the bookstores, or on the bestsellers lists in my dreams. In an engaging style and using fascinating examples, dening shows how varied views of events history can be, and how pervasive such history is in our culture as something that is constantly used and referred to in fashioning the present and how we see it. Wallumetta the other side faith, life and worship on the north shore 1856 2002 by greg dening, barney mungoven pamphlet, 32 pages, published 2006 by university of new south wales press. Stefan sippell, ozeanien ist ein kontinent ohne kontinent oceania is a continent without a continent, suddeutsche zeitung, no. Greg revisited the moment in a longer reflection in the book beach crossings which has the provocative subtitle of voyaging across times. Voyaging across times, cultures and self, melbourne, 2004, pp. Perhaps it might seem intrusive to present my believing self in the stories of others crossing, but there is a nakedness on beaches that i would share. Australian historiananthropologist greg dening inaugurated a new genre of ethnohistorical writing in his books on early encounters between.
There is no beach without sea, no sea without sky, no sky without the earths curve. Greg dening was born in 1931 beside the pacific surf at newcastle, new south wales. A view from both sides of the beach where the beach is a metaphor as well as a reality to be crossed. He returned numer ous times over the years, including a sixmonth visit as the john a burns. Due to the need to contain the spread of coronavirus covid19 the library building and reading rooms are closed to visitors until further notice. Beach crossings voyaging across times, cultures and self by greg dening hardcover. He would like his stories to represent a way of being there, but acknowledges that they are recreations based on the accounts of outsiders, and that his. W e need not read all of denings books to appreciate as well what eventempered partiality, keen sensitivity. A string of major books by dening swiftly followed islands and beaches. Cooks sites at the national library of australia, 16 march 18 june 2006. Voyaging across times, cultures and self 9780522848861 by dening, greg and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at. A space of meeting and departure on several levels. Voyaging across times, cultures and self carlton, vic. Voyaging across times, cultures and self melbourne university publishing, 2004.
Gregs last pacific book, the autoethnography beach crossings, is a. Greg dening 1931 march, 2008 was born in newcastle, new south wales. Performances by dening, greg published by university of chicago press hardcover sep 30, 1996. Writing it, teaching it, reading it fills the days and years of my life. His readingdances are about the pain of crosscultural encounters, of loomings beyond the horizons of discipline, gender and race, of the pleasures of a hundred texts. Dec 04, 2005 historians, anthropologists, and humanists alike, curl into your favorite reading position and pick up this engaging, inspiring book. Australian historiananthropologist greg dening inaugurated a new genre of ethnohistorical writing in his books on early encounters between westerners and pacific islanders. Many of us, however, grieve the loss of not only a worldrenowned scholar but also a generous colleague, encouraging mentor, and close friend. In beach crossings, published 24 years after islands and beaches, dening includes even more autobiography in order to draw parallels between his crossings from priesthood to career as a scholareducator and the crossings of his subjects polynesian voyagers and the european beachcombers, artists, and writers. Greg dening 19312008 history workshop journal oxford. Voyaging across times, cultures, and self by greg dening. It placed, as dening might say, the postcolonial mind on the beach, ready for all manner of encounter with difference. The escape from hunger and premature death, 17002100.
Greg dening, historian and ethnographer of oceania, passed away on march 2008 while on a visit to tasmania. Discourse on a silent island, marquesas 17741880 by dening, greg and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Greg dening in this collection of writingssome new, some previously published greg dening reflects on his experiences both as a historian and a participant in hi. Greg dening in this collection of writingssome new, some previously publishedgreg dening reflects on his experiences both as a historian and a participant in history. He was educated at the jesuit school, st louis in perth and at xavier college in melbourne. The benefit you get by reading this book is actually information inside this.
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