
Power Sharing
Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia
Elizabeth Keating(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 7. January 1999
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-19-511197-2 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
Thus this innovative consideration of how language is a tool for power-sharing, not dominance, in Pohnpeian society is a welcome clarification of consideration of rank and social stratification ... very readable * N.J.Pollock *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14 halftones, 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
527 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511197-2 (9780195111972)
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12/1998
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Assistant Professor of AnthropologyAssistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas