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Speaking through the silence : narratives, social conventions, and power in Java / Laine Berman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berman, Laine, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 19.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 19
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Javanese language--usage.
- Javanese language.
- Javanese language--Address, Forms of.
- Javanese language--Social aspects.
- Speech and social status--Indonesia--Java.
- Speech and social status.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Uncovering the structures and functions of conversational narratives uttered within natural social networks, the author shows how working-class Javanese women discursively construct identity and meaning within the constraints of a hierarchical social order through silences, or the ""unsaid"".
- Contents:
- Contents; A Note on Transcription Conventions and Translations; Glossary; PART I: SETTING THE SCENE; PART II: DEFINING NARRATIVES; PART III: PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS; Eight: Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772248-2
- 1-280-45308-7
- 0-19-535522-9
- 1-4237-5939-7
- 1-60256-146-X
- OCLC:
- 476012296
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