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Ilana Gershon
Ilana Gershon is an anthropologist and associate professor of communication and culture at Indiana University. She is the author of
No Family Is an Island
, a book about Samoans in diaspora, and
The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting Over New Media.
The Samoan Roots of the Manti Te'o Hoax
Culture may play a bigger role in the bizarre story of Lennay Kekua than people realize.
Ilana Gershon
January 24, 2013