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Article: Tongans Overseas: Between Two Shores
- Article from:
- The Australian Journal of Anthropology
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Helen Morion Lee. Tongans Overseas: Between Two Shores. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003. Pp.326., appendices, notes, references, index, illustrs. US$53.55 (Hc.), ISBN 0-8248-2615-9; US$22.00 (Pb.), ISBN 0-8248-2654-X.
This is a highly accomplished work of originality and daring, rich in Tongan voices and intimate case studies. It provides a rare groundbreaking analysis of the complex interrelationships that overseas Tongans maintain, not only with compatriots and other people in different countries but also with the Tongans in the homeland. Apart from Cathy Small's Voyages (1997), it is the first work of length to deal with the nature and retention by migrants of their Tongan ...
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