As I was watching Nanook of the North, I started to consider how embedded much of the “commodification of indigenous social reality” occurs. It did not take me long to pull up one of the most blatant examples of this.. the Wrestling Entertainment Industry. Here, you can find wrestlers such as Mana The Polynesian Warrior representing what is likely a first and perhaps only impression that many N. Americans may be exposed to about Polynesia.
On a more academic note, this book explores how tourism has created a myth of preserving the culture in Polynesia… something I find very relevant to the island I live on, Bali. It also speaks to the commodification of a culture
Sherman, D. (2011) French Primitivism and the Ends of Empire, 1945-1975. Chicago. University of Chicago Press