On the edge of the global [[electronic resource] ] : modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation / / Niko Besnier

• Autore: Besnier Niko
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 996.12
• Soggetto topico: Culture and globalization - Tonga
• Soggetto geografico: Tonga Social life and customs; Tonga Civilization
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: On the edge of the global
• ISBN: 0-8047-7764-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456639303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.