{"product_id":"creating-a-nation-with-cloth-women-wealth-and-tradition-in-the-tongan-diaspora-4-asao-studies-in-pacific-anthropology-4-9780857458957","title":"Creating a Nation with Cloth Women Wealth and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTongan women living outside of their island homeland create and use hand-made, sometimes hybridized, textiles to maintain and rework their cultural traditions in diaspora. Central to these traditions is an ancient concept of homeland or nation - fonua - which Tongans retain as an anchor for modern nation-building.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book compellingly demonstrates how women, textile wealth and tradition are enmeshed… [and] adds considerably to the understanding of how material culture works in a contemporary society and how women can bind geographically scattered communities through the movement of these valuable objects, which are the products of female activity.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Pacific Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis is a very well written ethnographic study that is a valuable contribution to the long standing discussions within anthropology about ‘the gift.’ More specifically it adds a new dimension to the work on women’s wealth…[it] is also a valuable addition to work on diasporic populations\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  Helen Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e, La Trobe University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis is an original and important study of the experience of contemporary Tongans… Through nuanced ethnography which moves between Tongatapu and Auckland in New Zealand, she shows how ordinary Tongans daily cross the borders of states and the tenacious barriers between tradition and modernity, gifts and commodities\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Jolly\u003c\/strong\u003e, The Australian National University, Canberra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e: Nation, Cloth, and Diaspora: Locating \u003cem\u003eLanga Fonua\u003c\/em\u003e                                                           \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eMigration, Tradition, and Barkcloth: Authentic Innovations in Textile Gifts\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eGender, Materiality, Value: Tongan Women’s Cooperatives in New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eWomen, Roots, and Routes: Life Histories and Life Paths\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Gender, Kinship, Economics: Exchanging Complex Ceremonial Gifts in Diaspora\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eCash, Death, Diaspora: When \u003cem\u003eKoloa\u003c\/em\u003e Won’t Do\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eChurch, Cash, Competition: Multi-centrism and Modern Religion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMoving, Dwelling, and Transforming Spaces                                   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tGlossary of Polynesian Language Terms\u003cbr\u003e \tWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038918115671,"sku":"9780857458957","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857458957.jpg?v=1750941934","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creating-a-nation-with-cloth-women-wealth-and-tradition-in-the-tongan-diaspora-4-asao-studies-in-pacific-anthropology-4-9780857458957","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}