The Governor's vale levu: Architecture and Hybridity at Nasova House, Levuka, Fiji Islands |
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Authors: | Robbin Chatan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6 |
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Abstract: | As an integral component of colonial culture, colonial architecture provides a tangible expression of western presence and domination throughout various colonial settings. In tropical colonies, such as Fiji, western architecture was not simply transplanted, but became transformed through the conscious integration of western and nonwestern architectural elements and grammars. Thus hybrid colonial architecture played a significant role within the sociopolitical strategies of both colonizer and colonized elites. Nasova House, the main government building of the autonomous Cakobau polity (1873–74) and British colonial regime (1874–82), provides a unique example of the use of colonial hybrid architecture in late nineteenth century Fiji. |
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Keywords: | colonial architecture hybridity Levuka Fiji |
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