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Kinship to kingshipBook 1987 • Gailey, Christine Ward
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a sophisticated analysis of the modern transformation of Tonga society, which gives a central role to gender relations. According to Gailey, women held a privileged position in traditional Tonga society, both as producers of valuables (KOLOA)...Putting down sisters and wivesessay 1980 • Gailey, Christine Ward
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This article is a summary of the second part of Gailey's larger work (see document no. 113) on gender and state formation in Tonga. It focuses on gender relations in the precontact and colonial periods. As Gailey argues here and elsewhere, sisterhood...A Good man is hard to findarticle 1992 • Gailey, Christine Ward
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a study of migration and its impact on households in both rural and urban communities in Tonga, where migration increased dramatically after the mid-1970s, with a third of Tongans now living overseas. Through formal and informal interviews, G...