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Walking the Line between Anga Fakatonga and Anga Fakapalangi: My experience researching the life of a Tongan king

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dc.contributor.authorMetuamate, Areti
dc.contributor.editorJack Corbett
dc.contributor.editorBrij V Lal
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-20T20:51:20Z
dc.date.available2020-12-20T20:51:20Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2020-11-22T07:51:01Z
dc.description.abstractIn this chapter I discuss the challenges of writing the biography of a fellow Pacific Islander and elaborate on the approach I adopt. The issues I confront are not unique but are variously shared by other contributors. During a visit to Tonga in early 2012 I was told by a Tongan friend that as a person of Pasifika heritage. I did not quite fit the mould of being a palangi in Tonga because I share a common connection as a native of Polynesia. At the same time, however, because I was not Tongan I was also not considered an insider.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.isbn9781925022605
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/217744
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherANU Press
dc.relation.ispartofPolitical Life Writing in the Pacific: Reflections on Practice
dc.relation.isversionof1st Edition
dc.source.urihttp://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/publications/anu/1840/political-life-writing-pacific-reflections-practice
dc.titleWalking the Line between Anga Fakatonga and Anga Fakapalangi: My experience researching the life of a Tongan king
dc.typeBook chapter
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationCanberra
local.contributor.affiliationMetuamate, Areti, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidMetuamate, Areti, u4789917
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor160104 - Social and Cultural Anthropology
local.identifier.absfor200210 - Pacific Cultural Studies
local.identifier.absfor210313 - Pacific History (excl. New Zealand and Maori)
local.identifier.absseo959999 - Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.absseo970121 - Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5583012xPUB117
local.type.statusPublished Version

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