On the edge of the global
Subtitle: modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation
By: Niko Besnier
Series: East-West Center Series on Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780804774055; 9780804774062
Subjects: Social life and customs; Civilization; Culture and globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: Straddling the edge of the global; title: Tonga's modernity; title: Consumption and cosmopolitanism; title: When gifts become commodities; title: Modern bodies on the runway; title: Coloring and straightening; title: Shaping the modern body; title: Reconfiguring the modern Christian; title: Conclusion : sites of modernity.