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Gershon, Ilana M.

No Family Is an Island : Cultural Expertise among Samoans in Diaspora. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (207 pages) - Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge Series . - Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Exchanging While Not-Knowing -- 2. The Moral Economies of Conversion -- Part II -- Introduction: Some Political and Historical Context -- 3. When Culture Is Not a System -- 4. Legislating Families as Cultural -- 5. Constructing Choice, Compelling Culture -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Ilana Gershon investigates how and when the categories "cultural" and "acultural" become relevant for Samoans as they encounter cultural differences in churches, ritual exchanges, welfare offices, and community-based organizations.

ISBN: 9780801464027

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Samoan Americans -- California -- Social conditions.
Samoans -- New Zealand -- Social conditions.
Samoa -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
California -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F870.S17

Dewey Class. No.: 305.89/9462