Literacy, Emotion and Authority - Reading and Writing on a Polynesian Atoll

Zusammenfassung In this 1995 study Niko Besnier analyses the transformation of the Polynesian community of Nukulaelae from a non-literate into a literate society using a contemporary perspective which emphasizes literacy as a social practice embedded in a socio-cultural context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The ethnographic context; 3. The domains of reading and writing; 4. Letter writing and reading; 5. Letters, economics and emotionality; 6. Between literacy and orality: the sermon; 7. Literacy, truth and authority; 8. Conclusion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Niko Besnier, Niko (Yale University Besnier
• Con la collaborazione di: Judith Irvine (Editore), Bambi Schieffelin (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.08.1995
• EAN: 9780521485395
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48539-5
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Studies in the Social & Cultur
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata