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Materializing the Nation: Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea
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Materializing the Nation: Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea
Foster, Robert J.

Price:US $19.00

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Publisher: Indiana University Press
Condition:Used: Good
Binding: Paperback
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Date: 2002

ISBN: (if applicable): 0253215498

Unmarked. Bumped corner. Illustrated. Argues that the contested process of nation making in Papua New Guinea unfolds through organized politics and mundane engagements with commodities and mass media. Foster's ethnographic perspective draws official policy documents, letters to the editor, school textbooks, song lyrics, advertisements, and other materials. 202p. Measures 6x9.25 inches. (SKU: 28405)

Keywords:Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Asia-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Ethnographic, Nationalism, Advertising, Postcolonial, Melanesia, Anthropology, Asia, History, Australia and Oceania