 | No Family Is an Island: Cultural Expertise among Samoans in Diaspora Subjects: Samoan Americans -- California -- Social conditions; Samoans -- New Zealand -- Social conditions; Samoa -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects; California -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects; New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration; Ilana Gershon investigates how and when the categories "cultural" and "acultural" become relevant for Samoans as they encounter cultural differences in churches, ritual exchanges, welfare offices, and community-based organizations. Ilana Gershon is Associate Professor of Communication and Culture at Indiana University. She is the author of The Breakup 2.0 , also from Cornell. |
