Consuming Ocean Island

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Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba

Katerina Martina Teaiwa

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Indiana University Press
27 December 2014

Australasian & Pacific history; Ethnic studies; Social & cultural anthropology

Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the island's surface, the land was rendered uninhabitable, and the indigenous Banabans were relocated to Rabi Island in Fiji. Katerina Martina Teaiwa tells the story of this human and ecological calamity by weaving together memories, records, and images from displaced islanders, colonial administrators, and employees of the mining company. Her compelling narrative reminds us of what is at stake whenever the interests of industrial agriculture and indigenous minorities come into conflict. The Banaban experience offers insight into the plight of other island peoples facing forced migration as a result of human impact on the environment.

By: Katerina Martina Teaiwa
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9780253014443
ISBN 10: 0253014441
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 27 December 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prelude: Three Global Stories Acknowledgments Notes on Orthography and Geography Part I. Phosphate Pasts 1. The Little Rock That Feeds 2. Stories of P 3. Land from the Sea Part II. Mine/lands 4. Remembering Ocean Island 5. Land from the Sky 6. Interlude: Another Visit to Ocean Island 7. E Kawa te aba: The Trials of the Ocean Islanders 8. Remix: Our Sea of Phosphate (photo essay) Part III. Between Our Islands 9. Interlude: Coming Home to Fiji 10. Between Rabi and Banaba Coda Ocean Island/Banaba Timeline Notes Bibliography

Katerina Martina Teaiwa is Head of the Department of Gender, Media and Cultural Studies and Pacific Studies Convener in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Born and raised in the Fiji Islands, she is of Banaban, I-Kiribati, and African American heritage.

Reviews for Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba

Teaiwa deals with the great sense of betrayal, loss, and displacement indigenous Banabans suffered through as well as the harsh physical toll decades of excessive mining has taken on the land. With a justified sense of outrage, Teaiwa educates her audience without alienating it, laying bare the consequences of reaping such a natural bounty at the expense of others. Publishers Weekly