Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Challenging the Nation- State Chapter 1. Chilean Colonization and Rapanui Resilience Chapter 2. Integration into the Nation- State and the Beginnings of a Rapanui Identity Discourse Chapter 3. The Road to Self- determination Part Two. Polynesian Cultural Politics and Global Imaginaries Chapter 4. Rapanui Appropriations and Re sis tance Chapter 5. Performing Culture Chapter 6. Vanaŋa Rapanui Chapter 7. Kaiŋa Rapanui Chapter 8. The Polynesian Homeland: A Sea of Islands Chapter 9. Rapa Nui as Fantasy and Commodity Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index About the Author