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UNINA9910456639303321 |
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Autore |
Besnier Niko |
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On the edge of the global [[electronic resource] ] : modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation / / Niko Besnier |
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Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Collana |
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East-West Center Series on Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Culture and globalization - Tonga |
Electronic books. |
Tonga Social life and customs |
Tonga Civilization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Figures, Tables, Charts, and Maps; Note on Tongan Orthography and Transcription Conventions; Preface; 1. Straddling the Edge of the Global; 2. Tonga's Modernity; 3. Consumption and Cosmopolitanism; 4. When Gifts Become Commodities; 5. Modern Bodies on the Runway; 6. Coloring and Straightening; 7. Shaping the Modern Body; 8. Reconfiguring the Modern Christian; Conclusion: Sites of Modernity; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Life in twenty-first century Tonga is rife with uncertainties. Though the postcolonial island kingdom may give the appearance of stability and order, there is a malaise that pervades everyday life, a disquiet rooted in the feeling that the twin forces of ""progress"" and ""development""-and the seemingly inevitable wealth distribution that follows from them-have bypassed the society. Niko Besnier's illuminating ethnography analyzes the ways in which segments of this small-scale society grapple with their growing anxiety and hold on to different understandings of what modernity me |
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