Body, self, and society : the view from Fiji /
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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
©1995.
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| Schriftenreihe: | New cultural studies.
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| Online-Zugang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hjkr6 |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xvi, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585126461 9780585126463 9780812290240 0812290240 0812231805 9780812231809 0812213971 9780812213973 |