Power sharing : language, rank, gender, and social space in Pohnpei, Micronesia / Elizabeth Keating.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keating, Elizabeth Lillian, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 23.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chiefdoms--Micronesia (Federated States)--Madolenihmw.

Chiefdoms.

Power (Social sciences)--Micronesia (Federated States)--Madolenihmw.

Power (Social sciences).

Sex role--Micronesia (Federated States)--Madolenihmw.

Sex role.

Language and culture--Micronesia (Federated States)--Madolenihmw.

Language and culture.

Micronesian languages--Honorific.

Micronesian languages.

Micronesian languages--Sex differences.

Madolenihmw (Micronesia)--Social life and customs.

Madolenihmw (Micronesia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Ethnographic Setting; 2. What Are Honorifics?; 3. Paths and Regions in Honorific Speech: Hierarchy of Place and Access to Status; 4. Honorific Possession: Grammatical Relations of Control and Permanence; 5. Women's Power Etiquette: Relationships between Gender and Honorifics; 6. Positioned Knowledge: Constructing Asymmetrical Epistemologies; 7. Valuing Stratification: Honor in Oratory and Feasting Practices; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772222-9

1-280-52936-9

0-19-535471-0

1-4294-0441-8

OCLC:

476011043