Our Wealth Is Loving Each Other: Self and Society in Fiji

By Karen J. Brison

Book Overview

Our Wealth Is Loving Each Other explores the fluid and context-bound nature of cultural and personal identity among indigenous Fijians. While national identity in Fiji is often defined in opposition to the West through reference to a romanticized pre-modern tradition, individual Fijians are often more concerned with defining their identity vis- -vis other villagers and other groups within Fiji. When people craft self accounts to justify their position within the indigenous Fijian community they question and redefine both tradition and modernity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739114883
• ISBN13: 9780739114889
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"