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On the Edge of the Global

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© 2020 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

Chapters in this book

  1. On the Edge of the Global i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Figures, Tables, Charts, and Maps ix
  4. Note on Tongan Orthography and Transcription Conventions xi
  5. Preface xiii
  6. Chapter One. Straddling the Edge of the Global 1
  7. Chapter Two. Tonga’s Modernity 29
  8. Chapter Three. Consumption and Cosmopolitanism 75
  9. Chapter Four. When Gifts Become Commodities 104
  10. Chapter Five. Modern Bodies on the Runway 125
  11. Chapter Six. Coloring and Straightening 160
  12. Chapter Seven. Shaping the Modern Body 183
  13. Chapter Eight. Reconfiguring the Modern Christian 205
  14. Conclusion: Sites of Modernity 231
  15. Notes 245
  16. References 263
  17. Index 293
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Chapters in this book

  1. On the Edge of the Global i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Figures, Tables, Charts, and Maps ix
  4. Note on Tongan Orthography and Transcription Conventions xi
  5. Preface xiii
  6. Chapter One. Straddling the Edge of the Global 1
  7. Chapter Two. Tonga’s Modernity 29
  8. Chapter Three. Consumption and Cosmopolitanism 75
  9. Chapter Four. When Gifts Become Commodities 104
  10. Chapter Five. Modern Bodies on the Runway 125
  11. Chapter Six. Coloring and Straightening 160
  12. Chapter Seven. Shaping the Modern Body 183
  13. Chapter Eight. Reconfiguring the Modern Christian 205
  14. Conclusion: Sites of Modernity 231
  15. Notes 245
  16. References 263
  17. Index 293
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