Tiki Pop: America Imagines Its Own Polynesian Paradise / Amerika Erschafft Sich Sein Eigenes Polunesisches Paradies / L'amerique Reve Son Paradis Polynesien

Author: Kirsten, Sven A.Brand: TaschenEdition: MultilingualBinding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 635Release Date: 13-01-2020Part Number: 37652143Details: Urban islands and bamboo hideaways set the stage for a pop culture phenomenon like no other. In mid-century America, the imaginative appeal of Tiki penetrated fashion, music, eating, drinking, and architecture. In handy Bibliotheca Universalis format, Tiki Pop traces the development of Tiki as romantic vision and cultural appropriation. Follow Tiki from James Cook's first Pacific Island expeditions, through Gauguin's exotic paintings, Hollywood jungle fantasies, and elaborate temples erected to celebrate Tiki as the god of recreation. With hundreds of images, Tiki the pop icon unfolds from its earliest, enthusiastic beginnings to its spectacular downfall in the dawning awareness of the Western world’s colonial misdeeds. This book is the culmination of the extensive research of Sven Kirsten, urban archaeologist, Tiki sage, and author of e