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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Materializing the Nation
• Subtitle: Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea
• Author: Robert J. Foster
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• EAN: 9780253215499
• ISBN: 0253215498
• ID: 04870640
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Weight: 340 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. October 2002

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