Literacy, Emotion and Authority: Reading and Writing on a Polynesian Atoll (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:1784967 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1784967 N2 - {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.} SN - 0521485398 TI - Literacy, Emotion and Authority: Reading and Writing on a Polynesian Atoll (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) PB - {Cambridge University Press} KW - authority KW - emotion KW - literacy KW - polynesia AU - Besnier, Niko PY - 1995/08/25/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0521485398 ER -