Report Of The United Nations Visiting Mission To The Trust Territory Of The Pacific Islands 1961 To The Council Together With The Relevant Resolution Of The Trusteeship Council

Download or read book Speaking to Power written by Lynn Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly fifty years, US government officials have identified Belau, in western Micronesia, as a key strategic site and have implemented administrative policies designed to maintain permanent access to Belau's land, reefs and waters for military purposes. Elder women placed themselves at the forefront of opposition to these policies, and, as part of oppositional efforts, successfully entered international political arenas. Speaking to Power moves beyond examining the impact of militarism and colonial administrative policy in Belau and draws on feminist poststructural analysis to explore the fluidity of contests in constructions of "gender," "politics," and "tradition" during US administration in Belau.