In this Book
- Body, Self, and Society: The View from Fiji
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-v
- List of Figures
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiv-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- 6 Cultural Metaphors: Body and Self
- pp. 127-134
- Epilogue: On Being Gwalili in the West
- pp. 135-136
- Appendix A: Glossary and Language Notes
- pp. 137-141
- Appendix B: Research Methods
- pp. 143-153
- Bibliography
- pp. 191-199
Additional Information
ISBN
9780812290240
Related ISBN(s)
9780812213973
MARC Record
OCLC
44960083
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1996