No Family Is an Island : Cultural Expertise among Samoans in Diaspora.

By:

Gershon, Ilana M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780801464027

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No Family Is an IslandDDC classification:

305.89/9462

LOC classification:

F870.S17

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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