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On the edge of the global : modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation
- Title
- On the edge of the global : modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation / Niko Besnier.
- Author
- Besnier, Niko
- Publication
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, ©2011.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 11-2182 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxiv, 297 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- East-West Center Series on Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-2182
- ISBN
- 9780804774055 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 0804774056 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 9780804774062 (paperback : alkaline paper)
- 0804774064 (paperback : alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2010043060
- OCLC
- YBP 2010043060
- Author
- Besnier, Niko, author.
- Title
- On the edge of the global : modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation / Niko Besnier.
- Imprint
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, ©2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- East-West Center Series on Contemporary Issues in Asia and the PacificContemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-2182