{"product_id":"tautua-juliann-anesi-9781439925027","title":"Tautua: Service and Disability Activism in Samoa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sāmoan concept of \u003ci\u003etautua\u003c\/i\u003e is the cultural practice of service--to family, village, church, and nation. For Juliann Anesi, \u003ci\u003etautua\u003c\/i\u003e includes an ethical responsibility that extends to caring for people living with disabilities. Anesi learned this value from her aunty Sina, who was instrumental in founding two schools for youths in the mid-1970s--Aoga Fiamalamalama and Loto Taumafailike. These schools were designed for students like Sina's son Gele, students excluded from private and public education because of intellectual or physical disabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTautua\u003c\/i\u003e recounts how the Indigenous community organized and resisted ableist paradigms in colonial institutions by changing the education system to a more inclusive environment. Anesi explains how funding was arranged for the schools through NGOs. She also uses oral histories, personal narratives, archival documents, and newspapers to offer insights about how students experienced oppression and erasure as well as shame and sexism in their communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlighting advocacy and belonging, \u003ci\u003eTautua\u003c\/i\u003e argues that these schools for students with disabilities centered Sāmoan concepts of service, advocacy, and self-determination in an attempt to decolonize elementary education. In doing so, Anesi shows what disability activism in Sāmoa can teach us about educability, school inclusion, and collective care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the series \u003ci\u003eDis\/color\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juliann Anesi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143992502X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439925027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Juliann Anesi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097185886463,"sku":"9781439925027","price":110.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20979f92-db9b-456b-a28f-4f1f29b3f466.jpg?v=1787804917","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tautua-juliann-anesi-9781439925027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}