South Seas (genre)
The South Seas genre is a genre of literature, film, or entertainment (such as Tiki culture) that is set in Oceania.
Though many Hollywood films were produced on studio backlots or Santa Catalina Island, the first feature non documentary film made on a Tahiti location was Lost and Found on a South Sea Island.
Elements of the genre may include:
Adventure
Miscegenation
World War II in the Pacific
Noble savage
Historical incidents
Exploration
Comedy
Romance
Degeneracy
Volcanos
Culture Clash
Shipwreck or crashed aircraft
Noted authors of the genre, and key works, include
J. Allan Dunn: The Island of the Dead (1915), Beyond the Rim (1916), etc.
Robert Dean Frisbie: The Book of Puka Puka (1929), etc.
Jack London: Adventure (1911), South Sea Tales, etc.
W. Somerset Maugham: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), "Rain," etc.
Herman Melville: Typee (1846), Omoo (1847), etc.
James A. Michener: Tales of the South Pacific (1947)
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932)