Desire, obligation, and familial love : mothers, daughters, and communication technology in the Tongan diaspora /
"Filled with rich, intimate portrayals of diasporic women's everyday lives and the everyday politics of familial relationships, Desire, Obligation, and Familial Love will appeal to students and scholars of the anthropology of migration, of communication technologies and social media, and o...
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| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- "So far apart, yet too connected" : the Tongan social field
- Reterritorializing the Tongan social field : Melbourne
- Boys go, girls stay
- Diasporic gifts
- Social media in the everyday lives of mothers and daughters
- Making things happen : communication flows and diasporic dramas
- Conclusion: desire, obligation and familial love.
