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

by Robert J. Foster

Book Overview

"Foster shows us how seemingly banal activities like making a phone call, chewing betel nut, watching a Coke commercial may give important insights into the ways in which the nation is constructed, materialized or contested."--Orvar L fgren, author of On Holiday: A History of Vacationing

Why, in the current era of globalization, does nationality remain an important dimension of personal and collective identities? In Materializing the Nation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253215498
• ISBN13: 9780253215499
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher