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200 10$aOn the edge of the global$b[electronic resource] $emodern anxieties in a Pacific island nation /$fNiko Besnier
210   $aStanford, California $cStanford University Press$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (327 p.)
225 1 $aEast-West Center Series on Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8047-7405-6 
311   $a0-8047-7406-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aLife in twenty-first century Tonga is rife with uncertainties.  Though the postcolonial island kingdom may give the appearance of stability and order, there is a malaise that pervades everyday life, a disquiet rooted in the feeling that the twin forces of ""progress"" and ""development""-and the seemingly inevitable wealth distribution that follows from them-have bypassed the society. Niko Besnier's illuminating ethnography analyzes the ways in which segments of this small-scale society grapple with their growing anxiety and hold on to different understandings of what modernity me
410  0$aContemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
606   $aCulture and globalization$zTonga
607   $aTonga$xSocial life and customs
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