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 of gende...

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Main Author:	Nishitani, Makiko (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Tongans > Australia > Melbourne (Vic.) > Social life and customs. Women foreign workers > Family relationships > Australia > Melbourne (Vic.) Tongans > Australia > Melbourne (Vic.) > Communication > Case studies. Mothers and daughters > Australia.

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Summary:	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 of gender and familial relationships, as well as to those interested in fieldwork methodology, transnational and migration studies and Pacific studies.
Physical Description:	ix, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780824881771 082488177X