On the Edge of the Global Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation

Name: On the Edge of the Global Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation
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ISBN: 9780804774062

ISBN-10: 0804774064

ISBN-13: 9780804774062

Edition: 2011

Authors: Niko Besnier

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Niko Besnier's illuminating ethnography explores the malaise present in the postcolonial Global South, focused on the island kingdom of Tonga. His work highlights the ways in which segments of this small-scale society hold on to different understandings of what modernity is, how it should be made relevant to local contexts, and how it should mesh with practices and symbols of tradition. Adopting a wide-angled perspective that brings together political, economic, cultural, and social concerns, Besnier argues that life in twenty-first-century Tonga is rife with uncertainties at odds with the appearance of stability and order conveyed by traditionalism. In the political realm, these…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 3/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.94" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Figures, Tables, Charts, and Maps


Note on Tongan Orthography and Transcription Conventions


Preface



Straddling the Edge of the Global



Tonga's Modernity



Consumption and Cosmopolitanism



When Gifts Become Commodities



Modern Bodies on the Runway



Coloring and Straightening



Shaping the Modern Body



Reconfiguring the Modern Christian


Conclusion: Sites of Modernity


Notes


References


Index