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Sto caricando le informazioni... Shirley Baker and the king of Tonga (originale 1971; edizione 1966)di Noel Rutherford
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Giving voice to the women who worked as maids-known as "house-girls" in the Pacific islands of Vanuatu-is the goal of this innovative work. The stories the women tell resonate with the experiences of domestic workers around the world; their histories contribute to theorizing intimacy and traveling culture; and their struggles with adverse working conditions help find solutions, which are outlined at the end of the book. In addition to contributions by the editors, workshop reports by eleven ni-Vanuatu women fieldworkers and ten others who spoke about their lives as house-girls are included. These reports detail ni-Vanuatu women's experiences as domestic workers during the colonial period. One chapter presents an elderly French woman's recollections of the Vietnamese orphan who grew up in her home and worked as a house-girl. Material from contemporary house-girls appears in a final chapter based on research conducted in Port Vila. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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By sally tarbox on 13 March 2017
A very well-researched work, telling the story of the rise to power of Wesleyan clergyman Shirley Waldemar Baker. Arriving in Tonga from obscure origins, and rather snootily dismissed by his superiors on account of his accent, Baker nonetheless soon insinuated himself into the confidence of the King, George Tupou. Baker's basic medical skills and willingness to offer him advice meant he soon became indispensable to the ruler ... but started to arouse jealousy and enmity in his white brethren.
As Baker became increasingly disenchanted with Britain and with the Australian Wesleyan mission, who gladly accepted Tonga's greatly increased church collections while berating his controversial methods of achieving them, Baker started to gravitate towards German interests, thus upsetting the British government. New laws on land ownership infutiated Tongese nobles. And when the king and Baker introduced a breakaway Wesleyan church, it pretty much led to civil war...
And yet Baker achieved much, pushing for reforms that turned Tonga from a weak, unproductive nation to a more westernized one, able to engage in international relations and achieve independence.
This is at times a fairly complex narrative, but I found the rise and fall of this consummate politician quite fascinating. ( )