Belonging in Oceania : movement, place-making and multiple identifications /

Ethnographic case studies explore what it means to ""belong"" in Oceania, as contributors consider ongoing formations of place, self and community in connection with travelling, internal and international migration. The chapters apply the multi-dimensional concepts of movement, p...

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Other Authors: Hermann, Elfriede (Editor), Kempf, Wolfgang (Anthropologist) (Editor), Meijl, Toon van (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Pacific perspectives ; v. 3.
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Summary:Ethnographic case studies explore what it means to ""belong"" in Oceania, as contributors consider ongoing formations of place, self and community in connection with travelling, internal and international migration. The chapters apply the multi-dimensional concepts of movement, place-making and cultural identifications to explain contemporary life in Oceanic societies. The volume closes by suggesting that constructions of multiple belongings-and, with these, the relevant forms of mobility, place-making and identifications-are being recontextualized and modified by emerging discourses of clima
Item Description:Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions
EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 221 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782384168
1782384162