Anne E. Becker examines the cultural context of the embodied self through her ethnography of bodily aesthetics, food exchange, care, and social relationships in Fiji. She contrasts the cultivation of the body/self in Fijian and American society, arguing that the motivation of Americans to work on their bodies' shapes as a personal endeavor is permitted by their notion that the self is individuated and autonomous. On the other hand, because Fijians concern themselves with the cultivation of social relationships largely expressed through nurturing and food exchange, there is a vested interest in cultivating others' bodies rather than one's own.
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"This illuminating and well-written book offers anthropologists with an interest in embodiment, concepts of the self, and medical anthropology a fascinating 'view from Fiji.'"—American Anthropologist
"In our weight-conscious society, we sometimes forget that the whole world doesn't see the body the way we do. . . . Anne E. Becker, M.D., set out to study the women of Fiji to gain perspective on what might protect people from certain mental illnesses—especially eating disorders. Her 1995 book Body, Self and Society: The View from Fiji described the Fijians' admiration for robust body shapes and their tolerance of obesity."—Self
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Fiji is an archipelago of approximately 300 islands located south of the Equator on the 180th meridian (Figure 1,1), both geographically and culturally straddling the conventional border between Melanesia and Polynesia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Fiji is an archipelago of approximately 300 islands located south of the Equator on the 180th meridian (Figure 1,1), both geographically and culturally straddling the conventional border between Melanesia and Polynesia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jubu vina, kana valevu, undisclosed pregnancy, drinking yaqona, obese shapes, food prestations, hidden pregnancy, female body shapes, anatomic space, attractiveness ratings, core cultural values, body morphology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Healing Practices in the South Pacific by C. D. F. Parsons in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Cultural Identity and Ethnicity in the Pacific by Jocelyn Linnekin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- RL E: Anthropology and Ethnography: Under the Ivi Tree: Society and economic growth in rural Fiji (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography) by Cyril S. Belshaw on page 4, and Back Matter
- Food and Nutrition by William H. Sebrell Jr. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Culture Theory: Essays on Mind, Self and Emotion by Richard A. Shweder in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Performance and Transformation: New Approaches to Late Medieval Spirituality by Mary A. Suydam on page 341, and page 350
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- Humors and Substances: Ideas of the Body in New Guinea by Pamela J. Stewart on page 49
- Anthropological Theory Today by James G. Carrier & Daniel Miller on page 193
- Picturing Personhood: Brain Scans and Biomedical Identity (In-formation) by Joseph Dumit in Back Matter
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