The sordid history of the sexually exotic East - Beyond Tiki

T Thomas Member Lake Mojave Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 372	T Thomas Posted posted on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 1:13 PM This book and the discussion of it I linked to above has touched off an interesting back-and-forth involving the book's author himself (see link below). I know generally TC is not a place for focusing on book reviews, but I think this all relates to tiki pretty substantially. A moment's reflection on figures like Leeteg and Gauguin, to name just two, makes the connection pretty clear to me at least, and the moral ambiguities surrounding the whole matter are substantial, as I think the book author points out very effectively. The book author's reply to the book review (linked to above): http://www.slate.com/id/2224462/pagenum/all

This book and the discussion of it I linked to above has touched off an interesting back-and-forth involving the book's author himself (see link below). I know generally TC is not a place for focusing on book reviews, but I think this all relates to tiki pretty substantially. A moment's reflection on figures like Leeteg and Gauguin, to name just two, makes the connection pretty clear to me at least, and the moral ambiguities surrounding the whole matter are substantial, as I think the book author points out very effectively.

The book author's reply to the book review (linked to above):
http://www.slate.com/id/2224462/pagenum/all

Post #475143 by Thomas on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 1:13 PM