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Gershon, Ilana.

No family is an island : cultural expertise among Samoans in diaspora / Ilana Gershon. - xi, 192 p. ; 24 cm. - Expertise . - Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exchanging while not-knowing -- The moral economies of conversion -- When culture is not a system -- Legislating families as cultural -- Constructing choice, compelling culture.

ISBN: 9780801450785 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801450780 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801478055 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801478057 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011046583

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Samoan Americans--Social conditions--California
Samoans--Social conditions--New Zealand

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Samoa--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects
California--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects
New Zealand--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects

LC Class. No.: F870.S17 / G47 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 305.899462