Power Sharing

Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia

By: Elizabeth Keating

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Hardcover | 19 September 1998

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What allows certain individuals and groups to maintain control over the actions and lives of others? Linguistic anthropologist Elizabeth Keating went to the island of Pohnpei, in Micronesia, and studied how people use language and other semiotic codes to reproduce and manipulate status differences. The result is this inside view of how language works to create power and social inequality. This book challenges widely held theories on the nature of social stratification, including women's roles in creating hierarchy.

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"Keating's extensive use of video frames accompanying linguistic interaction and her clear transcriptional practices certainly make this book methodologically exemplary."--Anthropological Linguistics

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Sociolinguistics Anthropology Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography Ethnic Studies Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Theory

Introduction	p. 3
The Ethnographic Setting	p. 18
What Are Honorifics?	p. 37
Paths and Regions in Honorific Speech: Hierarchy of Place and Access to Status	p. 68
Honorific Possession: Grammatical Relations of Control and Permanence	p. 99
Women's Power Etiquette: Relationships between Gender and Honorifics	p. 122
Positioned Knowledge: Constructing Asymmetrical Epistemologies	p. 155
Valuing Stratification: Honor in Oratory and Feasting Practices	p. 178
Conclusion	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 199
Index	p. 211
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Power Sharing

Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia

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