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Body, self, and society: the view from Fiji

by Becker, Anne E.

fromNew cultural studies

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In Body, Self, and Society Anne E. Becker examines the cultural context of the embodied self through her ethnography of bodily aesthetics, food exchange, care, and social relationships in Fiji. She contrasts the cultivation of the body/self in Fijian and American society, arguin…

Fiji: race and politics in an island state

by Howard, Michael C.

fromCEL - Canadian Publishers Collection

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In 1987 Fiji surprised the rest of the world by staging not one but two coups. This text argues that the May coup was a strike against democratic government by elements associated with Fiji's traditional oligarchy seeking to hide behind a mask of populist communalism.

Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles: Americans in nineteenth-century Fiji

by Shoemaker, Nancy

fromThe United States in the World

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"The aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of respect was a driving force in the vast global expansion launched by the United States shortly after the nation's founding. This book explore the perspectives of three Americans in Fiji"--.

Pursuing respect in the Cannibal Isles: Americans in nineteenth-century Fiji

by Shoemaker, Nancy

fromUnited States in the world

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"The aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of respect was a driving force in the vast global expansion launched by the United States shortly after the nation's founding. This book explore the perspectives of three Americans in Fiji"--

Neither cargo nor cult: ritual politics and the colonial imagination in F…

by Kaplan, Martha

fromE-Duke books scholarly collection

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In the 1880s an oracle priest, Navosavakadua, mobilized Fijians of the hinterlands against the encroachment of both Fijian chiefs and British colonizers. British officials called the movement the Tuka cult, imagining it as a contagious superstition that had to be stopped. Navosa…

Getting stoned with savages: a trip through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu

by Troost, J. Maarten

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From the bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals, the laugh-out-loud true story of his years on the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji, among cannibals, volcanoes ... and the world's best narcotics. With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of …

A time bomb lies buried: Fiji's road to independence, 1960-1970

by Lal, Brij V.

fromStudies in state and society in the Pacific

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"Concise history of Fijian politics from 1960-1970 with focus on independence movement."--Provided by publisher