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BL
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635440
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| Main Entry
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Besnier, Niko,1958-
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| Title & Author
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On the edge of the global : : modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation /\ Niko Besnier.
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| Publication Statement
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Stanford, California :: Stanford University Press,, ©2011.
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| Series Statement
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East-West Center Series on Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
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| Page. NO
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xxiv, 297 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780804774055 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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: 0804774056 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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: 9780804774062 (paperback : alkaline paper)
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: 0804774064 (paperback : alkaline paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Culture and globalization-- Tonga.
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Tonga, Social life and customs.
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Tonga, Civilization.
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| Dewey Classification
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996.12
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| LC Classification
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DU880.B47 2011
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