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Power Sharing: Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 23)by: Elizabeth Keatingen 0195111974 9780195111972 9781429404419 |
Power Sharing: Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 23)
By Elizabeth Keating
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Number Of Pages: 224
- Publication Date: 1998-12-03
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195111974
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195111972
- Binding: Hardcover
Product 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.