Materializing the Nation: Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea - Couverture rigide

Foster, Robert J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0253341477 ISBN 13 : 9780253341471

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Why, in the current era of globalization, does nationality remain an important dimension of personal and collective identities? In Materializing the Nation, Robert J. Foster argues that the contested process of nation making in Papua New Guinea unfolds not only through organized politics but also through mundane engagements with commodities and mass media. He offers a thoughtful critique of recent approaches to nationalism and consumption and an ethnographic perspective on constructs of the nation found in official policy documents, letters to the editor, school textbooks, song lyrics, advertisements, and other materials. This volume will appeal to readers interested in the links among nationalism, consumption, and media, in Melanesia and elsewhere.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253341477
• ISBN 13: 9780253341471
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible