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Author Becker, Anne E.
Title Body, self, and society : the view from Fiji / Anne E. Becker.
Imprint Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1995.
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 OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION  GN671.F5 B43 1995    AVAILABLE
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Table of Contents
 List of Figures 
 Preface 
 Acknowledgments 
 Introduction1
1Cultural Bearings: Identity and Ethos in Fiji7
2Body Imagery, Ideals, and Cultivation: Discourses on Alienation and Integration27
3Nurturing and Food Exchange: An Ethos of Care57
4Disclosure and Exposure: The Body and Its Secrets Revealed85
5The Body as a Community Forum: Spirit Possession and Social Repossession104
6Cultural Metaphors: Body and Self127
 Epilogue: On Being Gwalili in the West135
 Appendix A: Glossary and Language Notes137
 Appendix B: Research Methods143
 Appendix C: Graphic Representations of the Data155
 Notes173
 Bibliography191
 Index201
Description xvi, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series New cultural studies
New cultural studies.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-199) and index.
Subject Ethnology -- Fiji -- Singatoka (Western Division)
Ethnopsychology -- Fiji -- Singatoka (Western Division)
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiji -- Singatoka (Western Division)
Body image -- Fiji -- Singatoka (Western Division)
Human body -- Social aspects -- Fiji -- Singatoka (Western Division)
Anthropology, Cultural -- Fiji.
Body Image -- Fiji.
Eating Disorders -- epidemiology -- Fiji.
Ethnopsychology -- Fiji.
Singatoka (Western Division, Fiji) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 0812231805 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780812231809 (cloth : alk. paper)
0812213971 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780812213973 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC # 32665418


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