Materializing the Nation

Commodities, Consumption, and Media in Papua New Guinea

By: Robert J. Foster

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Paperback | 1 October 2002

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"Foster shows us how seemingly banal activities like making a phone call, chewing betel nut, watching a Coke commercial may give important insights into the ways in which the nation is constructed, materialized or contested."--Orvar L fgren, author of On Holiday: A History of Vacationing

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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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Everyday Nation Making The Case of Papua New Guinea	p. 1
State-Sponsored Nation Making
Take Care of Public Telephones Moral Education and Nation-State Formation	p. 25
Your Money, Our Money, the Government's Money Finance and Fetishism in Melanesta	p. 36
Commercial Nation Making
Print Advertisements and Nation Making	p. 63
Commercial Mass Media: Notes on Agency, Bodies, and Commodity Consumption	p. 85
The Commercial Construction of "New" Nations	p. 109
Nation Making in This Era of Globalization
News of the World: Millenarian Christianity and the Olympic Torch Relay	p. 131
Globalization: A Soft Drink Perspective	p. 151
Notes	p. 175
References	p. 183
Index	p. 195
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