Desire, obligation, and familial love : mothers, daughters, and communication technology in the Tongan diaspora /

"Filled with rich, intimate portrayals of diasporic women's everyday lives and the everyday politics of familial relationships, Desire, Obligation, and Familial Love will appeal to students and scholars of the anthropology of migration, of communication technologies and social media, and o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nishitani, Makiko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2020]
Temas:
Tongans > Australia > Melbourne (Vic.) > Social life and customs.
Women foreign workers > Family relationships > Australia > Melbourne (Vic.)
Tongans > Australia > Melbourne (Vic.) > Communication > Case studies.
Mothers and daughters > Australia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Mothers and daughters.
Australia.
Victoria > Melbourne.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "So far apart, yet too connected" : the Tongan social field
  • Reterritorializing the Tongan social field : Melbourne
  • Boys go, girls stay
  • Diasporic gifts
  • Social media in the everyday lives of mothers and daughters
  • Making things happen : communication flows and diasporic dramas
  • Conclusion: desire, obligation and familial love.

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