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Becoming TonganBook 1996 • Lee, Helen Morton
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This document, aptly subtitled 'an ethnography of childhood', is a study of the various socio-cultural factors that are operational in the socialization of children from birth to late adolescence in order to become an adult member of Tongan society. ...From Ma'ULI to motivatoressay 2002 • Lee, Helen Morton
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
In this article, Lee examines the different models of pregnancy and birth in Tonga. She first discusses traditional birthing practices and the role of the Mā'ULI, the traditional midwife. Tongans place a high value on children and have a relatively h...Remembering freedom and the freedom to rememberessay 2001 • Lee, Helen Morton
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
In this paper, Lee examines the official history of modern Tonga and the people's own memory of that history, and what she calls the tension between historical reconstruction and social memory. She focuses on the history and memory of Tonga's modern ...Dealing with the dark side in the ethnography of childhoodarticle 1993 • Lee, Helen Morton
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a study of child abuse in Tonga, starting with the first reports of such behavior by the anthropologists, Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole in the 1930s. Physical punishment is a widely accepted form of disciplining children and part of the sociali...