Becoming Tongan : : An Ethnography of Childhood /

Becoming Tongan : : An Ethnography of Childhood / / Helen Morton.

In this first detailed account of growing up in Tonga, Helen Morton focuses on the influence of anga fakatonga ("the Tongan way") in all facets of Tongan childhood, from the antenatal period to late adolescence. Childhood is a crucial period when cultural identity and notions of tradition...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Morton, Helen,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
©1996
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF CHILDHOOD
  • CHAPTER 2. THE KINGDOM OF TONGA
  • CHAPTER 3. HAVING CHILDREN: "PARADISE ON EARTH"
  • CHAPTER 4. BECOMING POTO: WHAT TO LEARN
  • CHAPTER 5. CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LIVES: SOCIALIZATION IN CONTEXT
  • CHAPTER 6. LEARNING TO BE POTO
  • CHAPTER 7. SANCTIONED VIOLENCE: PUNISHMENT AND AGGRESSION IN TONGA
  • CHAPTER 8. THE SOCIALIZATION OF EMOTION
  • CHAPTER 9. BECOMING TONGAN: THE FUTURE
  • APPENDIX 1. Student Questionnaire and Tabulated Personal Data
  • APPENDIX 2. Kin Diagrams of Household Members
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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