Ingjerd Hoëm is Head of the Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History, Kon-Tiki Museum.

“…succeeds admirably as an investigation into the experiences and effects of migration and displacement on social and political structures of a Polynesian society in the late 20th century conveyed through forms of expressive culture.”  ·  Ethnos“Hoëm’s ethnography is sure-footed, subtle and comprehensive, and has the additional virtue of being backed by a considerable body of primary texts…a valuable contribution to the understanding of Tokelau culture in its various manifestations as well as of some of the processes by which social changes are continuously negotiated.”  ·  The Journal of the Polynesian Society"The book is …rich in discussions of Pacific anthropologists and theories of space and migration, but I feel that it stands out as a deeply humane and informative ethnography of the Tokelau people and their self-presentation in the modern Pacific."  ·  JRAI

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Staging IdentitiesChapter 2. Political Activism: New Media and Arenas of LeadershipChapter 3. Learning a Sense of PlaceChapter 4. A Sense of Place in NarrativeChapter 5. Social SpacesEpilogueAppendixBibliographyIndex

Ingjerd Hoëm is Head of the Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History, Kon-Tiki Museum.

“…succeeds admirably as an investigation into the experiences and effects of migration and displacement on social and political structures of a Polynesian society in the late 20th century conveyed through forms of expressive culture.”  ·  Ethnos“Hoëm’s ethnography is sure-footed, subtle and comprehensive, and has the additional virtue of being backed by a considerable body of primary texts…a valuable contribution to the understanding of Tokelau culture in its various manifestations as well as of some of the processes by which social changes are continuously negotiated.”  ·  The Journal of the Polynesian Society"The book is …rich in discussions of Pacific anthropologists and theories of space and migration, but I feel that it stands out as a deeply humane and informative ethnography of the Tokelau people and their self-presentation in the modern Pacific."  ·  JRAI

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Staging IdentitiesChapter 2. Political Activism: New Media and Arenas of LeadershipChapter 3. Learning a Sense of PlaceChapter 4. A Sense of Place in NarrativeChapter 5. Social SpacesEpilogueAppendixBibliographyIndex

Ingjerd Hoëm is Head of the Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History, Kon-Tiki Museum.

“…succeeds admirably as an investigation into the experiences and effects of migration and displacement on social and political structures of a Polynesian society in the late 20th century conveyed through forms of expressive culture.”  ·  Ethnos“Hoëm’s ethnography is sure-footed, subtle and comprehensive, and has the additional virtue of being backed by a considerable body of primary texts…a valuable contribution to the understanding of Tokelau culture in its various manifestations as well as of some of the processes by which social changes are continuously negotiated.”  ·  The Journal of the Polynesian Society"The book is …rich in discussions of Pacific anthropologists and theories of space and migration, but I feel that it stands out as a deeply humane and informative ethnography of the Tokelau people and their self-presentation in the modern Pacific."  ·  JRAI

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Staging IdentitiesChapter 2. Political Activism: New Media and Arenas of LeadershipChapter 3. Learning a Sense of PlaceChapter 4. A Sense of Place in NarrativeChapter 5. Social SpacesEpilogueAppendixBibliographyIndex