The coming of age in island studies

This paper presents insights into the emerging academic field of `island studies', defined as the interdisciplinary study of islands on their own terms. This expos? is undertaken in two ways: conceptually, by means of a critical and judicious review of the literature across a number of disciplines; and analytically in relation to what is probably the most popular scholarly piece of non-fiction based on an island society written to date -Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead.Special Issue on Island Studies, guest editor : Godfrey Baldacchino.; University of Prince Edward Island : p.269, 270, 272.; Incudes bibliographic references.; Partial contents: The coming of age of island studies / Godfrey Baldacchino -- The ballad dance of the Faeroese : island biocultural geography in an age of globalisation / Eric Clark -- Island ecologies and Caribbean literatures / Elizabeth DeLoughrey -- Through a mist on the ocean : human understanding of island envrionments / Patrick D. Nunn -- The contemporary lure of the island / Fran?oise P?ron.; This issue only.; Island Studies Program collection.; Islands of the World International Conference; 773: $tTijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie (Oxford, U.K.),$gvol. 95 no. 3 (2004)Source type: Print(0