ISSN:
0032-4000
Language:
Undetermined
Titel der Quelle:
The journal of the Polynesian Society : JPS : a quarterly study of the native peoples of the Pacific area
Publ. der Quelle:
Auckland : Soc
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 125, No. 1 (2016), p. 33-57
DDC:
390
Abstract:
This article considers reproduction of "Samoanness" through the process by which La'ei Samoa, a simple dress code for public servants, came to be viewed as the national attire. The initial objections at the inauguration of La'ei Samoa did not persist, because of the impossibility of establishing an acceptable historical and cultural authenticity of S moan national attire. Over a three-year period, La'ei Samoa also brought fortuitous economic benefits to the Samoan clothing industry and diversified the Samoan culture of clothing. Considering how the Samoan Government took the initiative on the introduction of La'ei Samoa, it could be understood as the silent struggle of the nation to establish its distinctive "Samoanness".
URL:
http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=046133681060900;res=IELIND
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