03146nam 2200685Ia 450 991045663930332120200520144314.00-8047-7764-010.1515/9780804777643(CKB)2550000000041056(EBL)735407(OCoLC)742367612(SSID)ssj0000524584(PQKBManifestationID)12223079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524584(PQKBWorkID)10547393(PQKB)10391990(SSID)ssj0000592274(PQKBManifestationID)12214458(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000592274(PQKBWorkID)10735827(PQKB)11494782(MiAaPQ)EBC735407(DE-B1597)563873(DE-B1597)9780804777643(Au-PeEL)EBL735407(CaPaEBR)ebr10484214(OCoLC)1198931489(EXLCZ)99255000000004105620101007d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn the edge of the global[electronic resource] modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation /Niko BesnierStanford, California Stanford University Press20111 online resource (327 p.)East-West Center Series on Contemporary Issues in Asia and the PacificDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-7405-6 0-8047-7406-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexLife 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 meContemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.Culture and globalizationTongaTongaSocial life and customsTongaCivilizationElectronic books.Culture and globalization996.12Besnier Niko174571MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456639303321On the edge of the global2451244UNINA