Cook Islands: My Island Home - Theorising Childhood In The Cook Islands

Cook Islands: My Island Home - Theorising Childhood In The Cook Islands   Karen Malone, 2011   Living on a fragile, isolated Pacific island presents a significant challenge for many children. Tensions emerge between their seemingly idyllic lifestyle, their desire to be connected to global child cultures and the demands of being the cultural custodians of their traditions. How they manage multiple identities is the focus of this paper. The data were collected through two projects:...

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