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“Extended Personhood—An Exhibition of Postcards from Hawai‘i Between 189

The phrase “extended personhood” refers to the people depicted on postcards, a number of which were derived from photographs made in Honolulu during the 1880s. Once imaged on postcards, these mostly Hawaiian subjects became mass commodities in a visual economy of images that linked Hawai‘i with America and Europe. From mass production and sale in Hawai‘i, the postcards became individual or private objects for the purchasers and the ultimate recipients. The exhibition invites the viewer to consider messages from three sources: the images; handwritten messages to intended recipients (or the absence of such messages); and printed captions on the backs of the cards which detail intended colonial messages about the images.

Deborah Waite is a Professor of Art and Art History at 91��Ʒ���ϳԹ� Mānoa, whose research interests include art from Melanesia, in particular, the Solomon Islands.

Event Sponsor
Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

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