| Literacy, Emotion and Authority: Reading and Writing on a Polynesian Atoll Contributor(s): Besnier, Niko (Author), Irvine, Judith (Editor), Schieffelin, Bambi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521485398 ISBN-13: 9780521485395 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $40.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: In this study Niko Besnier analyzes the transformation of the Polynesian community of Nukulaelae from a nonliterate into a literate society, using a contemporary perspective that emphasizes literacy as a social practice embedded in a socio-cultural context. His case study, which has implications for understanding literacy in other societies, illuminates the relationship between norm and practice, between structure and agency, and between group and individual. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 302.224 |
| LCCN: 94034107 |
| Series: Studies in the Social & Cultural Foundations of Language |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.98" W x 8.97" (0.81 lbs) 256 pages |