Kapitel in diesem Buch

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