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The I and the We: Individuality, Collectivity, and Samoan Artistic Responses to Cultural Change

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dc.contributor.author K Henderson, April
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-10T00:56:37Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-10T00:56:37Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.issn 316–345
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1623
dc.description 31 pages : PDF en_US
dc.description.abstract That the Samoan sense of self is relational, based on socio-spatial relationships within larger collectives, is something of a truism—a statement of such obvious apparent truth that it is taken as a given. Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Taisi Efi, a former prime minister and current head of state of independent Sāmoa as well as an influential intellectual and essayist, has  explained this Samoan relational identity: “I am not an individual; I am an integral part of the cosmos. I share divinity with my ancestors, the land, the seas and the skies. I am not an individual, because I share a ‘tofi’ (an inheritance) with my family, my village and my nation. I belong to my family and my family belongs to me. I belong to my village and my village belongs to me. I belong to my nation and my nation belongs to me. This is the essence of my sense of belonging. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Hawai‘i Press en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 28;No. 2
dc.subject Individuality, Collectivity, Samoan Artistic, Cultural Change en_US
dc.title The I and the We: Individuality, Collectivity, and Samoan Artistic Responses to Cultural Change en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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