Power Sharing Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia

Name: Power Sharing Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia
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ISBN: 9780195111972

ISBN-10: 0195111974

ISBN-13: 9780195111972

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Authors: Elizabeth Keating

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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.

Book details

List price: $235.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/3/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.41" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.144

Max Planck Institute, the Netherlands



Introduction



The Ethnographic Setting



What Are Honorifics?



Paths and Regions in Honorific Speech: Hierarchy of Place and Access to Status



Honorific Possession: Grammatical Relations of Control and Permanence



Women's Power Etiquette: Relationships between Gender and Honorifics



Positioned Knowledge: Constructing Asymmetrical Epistemologies



Valuing Stratification: Honor in Oratory and Feasting Practices


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index