Materializing the Nation Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea

Name: Materializing the Nation Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea
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ISBN: 9780253215499

ISBN-10: 0253215498

ISBN-13: 9780253215499

Edition: 2002

Authors: Robert J. Foster, Robert J. Foster

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In this text Foster argues that the contested process of nation making in Papua New Guinea unfolds not only through organised politics but also through mundane engagements with commodities and mass media.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 10/24/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Everyday Nation Making The Case of Papua New Guinea



State-Sponsored Nation Making



Take Care of Public Telephones Moral Education and Nation-State Formation



Your Money, Our Money, the Government's Money Finance and Fetishism in Melanesta



Commercial Nation Making



Print Advertisements and Nation Making



Commercial Mass Media: Notes on Agency, Bodies, and Commodity Consumption



The Commercial Construction of "New" Nations



Nation Making in This Era of Globalization



News of the World: Millenarian Christianity and the Olympic Torch Relay



Globalization: A Soft Drink Perspective


Notes


References


Index