Creating a nation with cloth : women, wealth, and tradition in the Tongan diaspora /: women, wealth, and tradition in the Tongan diaspora. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ping-Ann Addo.
• Other Names: Addo, Ping-Ann
• Contents: Introduction. Nation, cloth, and diaspora : locating langa fonua -- Migration, tradition, and barkcloth : authentic innovations in textile gifts -- Gender, materiality, and value : Tongan women's cooperatives in New Zealand -- Women, roots, and routes : life histories and life paths -- Gender, kinship, and economics : transacting in prestige and complex ceremonial gifts -- Cash, death, and diaspora : when koloa won't do -- Church, cash, and competition : multi-centrism and modern religion -- Conclusion. Moving, dwelling, and transforming spaces.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.4099612; Women -- Tonga -- Social conditions; Women -- Tonga -- Economic conditions; Textile fabrics -- Tonga; Textile fabrics -- Tonga; Tonga -- Social life and customs; Women -- Tonga -- Economic conditions; Women -- Tonga -- Social conditions; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Manners and customs; Textile fabrics; Women -- Economic conditions; Women -- Social conditions; Diaspora; Culturele identiteit; Tonganen; Vrouwen; Tonga -- Social life and customs; Tonga; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1299777716; 9781299777712; 9780857458964; 0857458965
• Related ISBNs: 9780857458957; 0857458957
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-218) and index.; Note: PDF.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.