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Body, Self, and Society : The View from Fiji / Anne E. Becker.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Becker, Anne E., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Fiji--Singatoka (Western Division).
- Ethnology.
- Ethnopsychology--Fiji--Singatoka (Western Division).
- Ethnopsychology.
- Identity (Psychology)--Fiji--Singatoka (Western Division).
- Identity (Psychology).
- Body image--Fiji--Singatoka (Western Division).
- Body image.
- Human body--Social aspects--Fiji--Singatoka (Western Division).
- Human body.
- Singatoka (Western Division, Fiji)--Social life and customs.
- Singatoka (Western Division, Fiji).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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 their bodies' shapes as a personal endeavor is permitted by their notion that the self is individuated and autonomous. On the other hand, because Fijians concern themselves with the cultivation of social relationships largely expressed through nurturing and food exchange, there is a vested interest in cultivating others' bodies rather than one's own.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Cultural Bearings: Identity and Ethos in Fiji
- Chapter 2. Body Imagery, Ideals, and Cultivation: Discourses on Alienation and Integration
- Chapter 3. Nurturing and Food Exchange: An Ethos of Care
- Chapter 4. Disclosure and Exposure: The Body and Its Secrets Revealed
- Chapter 5. The Body as a Community Forum: Spirit Possession and Social Repossession
- Chapter 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-8122-9024-0
- OCLC:
- 899045624
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