"Small's commentaries are graceful, informative, and seasoned by a very deep knowledge of Tongan culture. This book includes one of the sanest and most convincing arguments that I have read for experimentation in the writing of ethnography, which is...
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"Small's commentaries are graceful, informative, and seasoned by a very deep knowledge of Tongan culture. This book includes one of the sanest and most convincing arguments that I have read for experimentation in the writing of ethnography, which is...
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Add this copy of Voyages: From Tongan Villages to American Suburbs to cart. $2.37, good condition, Sold by Jenson Books Inc rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Logan, UT, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Cornell University Press.
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This item shows signs of wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact, but may have aesthetic issues such as small tears, bends, scratches, and scuffs. Spine may also show signs of wear. Pages may include some notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Q4-A first edition (First published 1997 stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has fading, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 252 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. This book documents an instance of one of the most momentous social phenomena of the late twentieth century: the mass migration of the world's population from agricultural ex-colonies and ex-protectorates to the industrial world. Cathy A. Small provides the poignant perspective of one extended family and one village in the Kingdom of Tonga, an independent island nation in the South Pacific that has lost one third of its population to migration since the mid-1960s. Moving between Tonga and California, Small chronicles the experiences over a generation of the people who left the village of 'Olunga (a fictitious name to preserve anonymity) and the people who stayed. She follows successive branches of one family, who settled in California from the 1960s to the 1990s, sketching a striking picture of Tongan culture in the United States. She then returns to 'Olunga with Tongan emigrants and their U.S. -born children and shows what has happened to village life and to kin relationships thirty years after migration began. Throughout the narrative, Small examines her own experiences as an anthropologist, asking how the migration of Tongans has affected what she sees and the way she writes. Based on fieldwork spanning fifteen years, Voyages is unusual because of its transnational perspective, its time depth, and the intimacy Small brings to her account. By looking at Tongan culture as a system that evolves over time and operates across national borders, Small tells a revealing story, not only about migration but also about the transformation of both culture and anthropology.
