Power sharing: language, rank, gender and social space in pohnpei, micronesia
Auteur :
Keating, Elizabeth
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195111972
Date de publication :
7 janv. 1999
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,1 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
526 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This text challenges theories on the nature of social stratification. The author went to Pohnpei and studied how people use language and other semiotic codes to reproduce and manipulate status differences. The result is this view of how language works to create power and social inequality.