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Becoming Tongan : An Ethnography of Childhood / Helen Morton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)Content type:
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF CHILDHOOD -- CHAPTER 2. THE KINGDOM OF TONGA -- CHAPTER 3. HAVING CHILDREN: "PARADISE ON EARTH" -- CHAPTER 4. BECOMING POTO: WHAT TO LEARN -- CHAPTER 5. CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LIVES: SOCIALIZATION IN CONTEXT -- CHAPTER 6. LEARNING TO BE POTO -- CHAPTER 7. SANCTIONED VIOLENCE: PUNISHMENT AND AGGRESSION IN TONGA -- CHAPTER 8. THE SOCIALIZATION OF EMOTION -- CHAPTER 9. BECOMING TONGAN: THE FUTURE -- APPENDIX 1. Student Questionnaire and Tabulated Personal Data -- APPENDIX 2. Kin Diagrams of Household Members -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: In this first detailed account of growing up in Tonga, Helen Morton focuses on the influence of anga fakatonga ("the Tongan way") in all facets of Tongan childhood, from the antenatal period to late adolescence. Childhood is a crucial period when cultural identity and notions of tradition are constructed, as well as beliefs about self, personhood, and emotion. Based on her anthropological fieldwork and her experiences in Tonga over several years, Morton traces the Tongan socialization process--from being vale (ignorant, socially incompetent) to becoming poto (clever, socially competent)--in fascinating detail. The socialization of emotion is also given detailed attention, especially the management of anger and emphasis on emotional restraint.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF CHILDHOOD -- CHAPTER 2. THE KINGDOM OF TONGA -- CHAPTER 3. HAVING CHILDREN: "PARADISE ON EARTH" -- CHAPTER 4. BECOMING POTO: WHAT TO LEARN -- CHAPTER 5. CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LIVES: SOCIALIZATION IN CONTEXT -- CHAPTER 6. LEARNING TO BE POTO -- CHAPTER 7. SANCTIONED VIOLENCE: PUNISHMENT AND AGGRESSION IN TONGA -- CHAPTER 8. THE SOCIALIZATION OF EMOTION -- CHAPTER 9. BECOMING TONGAN: THE FUTURE -- APPENDIX 1. Student Questionnaire and Tabulated Personal Data -- APPENDIX 2. Kin Diagrams of Household Members -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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In this first detailed account of growing up in Tonga, Helen Morton focuses on the influence of anga fakatonga ("the Tongan way") in all facets of Tongan childhood, from the antenatal period to late adolescence. Childhood is a crucial period when cultural identity and notions of tradition are constructed, as well as beliefs about self, personhood, and emotion. Based on her anthropological fieldwork and her experiences in Tonga over several years, Morton traces the Tongan socialization process--from being vale (ignorant, socially incompetent) to becoming poto (clever, socially competent)--in fascinating detail. The socialization of emotion is also given detailed attention, especially the management of anger and emphasis on emotional restraint.

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In English.

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