Body, self, and society : the view from Fiji /

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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, arguing that the motivation of Americans to work on th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Becker, Anne E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1995.
Series:New cultural studies.
Subjects:
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)ts.
Ethnology.
Anthropology, Cultural
Ethnology
Ethnopsychology
Body Image
Feeding and Eating Disorders > epidemiology
Ethnologie.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Body image
Human body > Social aspects
Identity (Psychology)
Manners and customs
Singatoka (Western Division, Fiji) > Social life and customs.
Fiji
Fiji > Singatoka (Western Division)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Cultural Bearings: Identity and Ethos in Fiji
  • 2. Body Imagery, Ideals, and Cultivation: Discourses on Alienation and Integration
  • 3. Nurturing and Food Exchange: An Ethos of Care
  • 4. Disclosure and Exposure: The Body and Its Secrets Revealed
  • 5. The Body as a Community Forum: Spirit Possession and Social Repossession
  • 6. Cultural Metaphors: Body and Self
  • Epilogue: On Being Gwalili in the West
  • Appendix A: Glossary and Language Notes
  • Appendix B: Research Methods
  • Appendix C: Graphic Representations of the Data.

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