| Power Sharing: Language, Rank, Gender, and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia Contributor(s): Keating, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195111974 ISBN-13: 9780195111972 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $232.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: What allows certain individuals and groups to maintain control over the actions and lives of others? Linguistic anthropologist Elizabeth Keating went to the island of Pohnpei, in Micronesia, and studied how people use language and other semiotic codes to reproduce and manipulate status differences. The result is this inside view of how language works to create power and social inequality. This book challenges widely held theories on the nature of social stratification, including women's roles in creating hierarchy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 306.440 |
| LCCN: 98036857 |
| Series: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.34" W x 9.28" (1.16 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What allows certain individuals and groups to maintain control over the actions and lives of others? Linguistic anthropologist Elizabeth Keating went to the island of Pohnpei, in Micronesia, and studied how people use language and other semiotic codes to reproduce and manipulate status differences. The result is this inside view of how language works to create power and social inequality. This book challenges widely held theories on the nature of social stratification, including women's roles in creating hierarchy. |
