In this study Niko Besnier analyzes the transformation of the Polynesian community of Nukulaelae from a nonliterate into a literate society, using a contemporary perspective that emphasizes literacy as a social practice embedded in a socio-cultural context. His case study, which has implications for understanding literacy in other societies, illuminates the relationship between norm and practice, between structure and agency, and between group and individual.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Review
"...exceptionally rich in its fine reviews of both theory and case material in the anthropology of literacy, in its deep treatment of the situation on Nukulaelae, and in its demonstration of the way in which attention to literacy permits engagement with major anthropological issues about the construction of person and society. The book is well produced, with glossary and index, and is illustrated with maps and photographs....it would be appropriate in a wide range of upper-division and graduate courses." Journal of Anthropological Research
"...Besnier has given us a rich appreciation of how literacy interacts with social categories and communicative processes on Nukulaelae and beyond." Sarah Lund Skar, Anthropological Quarterly
"I certainly hope that Besnier's response to this criticism is to say that these data will be the subject of future ethnographic analyses, work that I look forward to wth great interest and high expectations." Richard J. Parmentier, American Anthropologist
"Niko Besnier's Literacy, emotion, and authority is a brilliant and painstaking ethnographic study of literacy on Nukulaelae Atoll Tuvalu (formerly the Ellice Islands." Kenneth M. George, Cultural Survival Quarterly
"Besnier's volume masterfully negotiates the complexities of textual analysis, meticulous contextualization of literacy practices within a framework of affiliated oral communication." Larry Lake, The Contemporary Pacific
"Niko Besnier's Literacy, emotion and authority is abrilliant and painstaking ethnographic study of literacy on Nukulaelae Atoll, Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands)....Niko Besnier has produced a probing and exceedingly useful study of the highest caliber." Kenneth M. George, Cultural Survival Quarterly
"...Besnier has given us a rich appreciation of how literacy interacts with social categories and communicative processes on Nukulaelae and beyond." Sarah Lund Skar, Anthropological Quarterly
"I certainly hope that Besnier's response to this criticism is to say that these data will be the subject of future ethnographic analyses, work that I look forward to wth great interest and high expectations." Richard J. Parmentier, American Anthropologist
"Niko Besnier's Literacy, emotion, and authority is a brilliant and painstaking ethnographic study of literacy on Nukulaelae Atoll Tuvalu (formerly the Ellice Islands." Kenneth M. George, Cultural Survival Quarterly
"Besnier's volume masterfully negotiates the complexities of textual analysis, meticulous contextualization of literacy practices within a framework of affiliated oral communication." Larry Lake, The Contemporary Pacific
"Niko Besnier's Literacy, emotion and authority is abrilliant and painstaking ethnographic study of literacy on Nukulaelae Atoll, Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands)....Niko Besnier has produced a probing and exceedingly useful study of the highest caliber." Kenneth M. George, Cultural Survival Quarterly
Book Description
Using a contemporary perspective that emphasizes literacy as a social practice embedded in a socio-cultural context, this study analyzes the transformation of the Polynesian community of Nukulaelae from a nonliterate into a literate society.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Literacy has occupied a central position in the historical development of anthropological thought. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gata mai, teelaa laa, kiaa koe, nee koe, moo koe, atoll community, sermonic performances, secular oratory, antiphonal alternations, incipient literacy, sermon notebooks, sermon performances, sermonic discourse, written sermons, swamp taro, restricted literacy, literacy practices, oral sermons, autonomous model, relationship between literacy, oratorical performances, original orthography, literacy events, transcription conventions, religious sermons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nukulaelae Islanders, Council of Elders, New Zealand, Gilbert Islands, Island Council, Ocean Island, Papua New Guinea, New Testament, Island Executive Officer, Pacific Islanders, Women's Council, Colonial New England, English Bible, Jehovah's Witnesses, Women's Day New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Literacy has occupied a central position in the historical development of anthropological thought. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gata mai, teelaa laa, kiaa koe, nee koe, moo koe, atoll community, sermonic performances, secular oratory, antiphonal alternations, incipient literacy, sermon notebooks, sermon performances, sermonic discourse, written sermons, swamp taro, restricted literacy, literacy practices, oral sermons, autonomous model, relationship between literacy, oratorical performances, original orthography, literacy events, transcription conventions, religious sermons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nukulaelae Islanders, Council of Elders, New Zealand, Gilbert Islands, Island Council, Ocean Island, Papua New Guinea, New Testament, Island Executive Officer, Pacific Islanders, Women's Council, Colonial New England, English Bible, Jehovah's Witnesses, Women's Day New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 100
books:
See all 100 books this book cites
8
books
cite this book:
See all 8 books citing this book
- Culture Theory: Essays on Mind, Self and Emotion by Richard A. Shweder on 4 pages
- Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) by Alessandro Duranti in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Awakening to Literacy by Frank Smith in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cultural Psychology: Essays on Comparative Human Development by James W. Stigler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Literacy in Theory and Practice (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) by Brian V. Street in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
See all 100 books this book cites
- Women, Literacy and Development (Routledge Research in Literacy) by Anna Robinson-Pant on page 67, and page 98
- Recasting Ritual: Performance, Media, Identity (European Association of Social Anthropologists) by Mary M. Crain on page 41
- Local Literacies: Reading and Writing in One Community by David Barton in Back Matter
- Literacy and Literacies: Texts, Power, and Identity (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) by James Collins in Front Matter
- Language and Identity: National, Ethnic, Religious by John E. Joseph in Back Matter
See all 8 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
