Literacy, Emotion and Authority: Reading and Writing on a Polynesian Atoll (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) By Niko Besnier
1995 | 253 Pages | ISBN: 0521480876 | PDF | 8 MB
1995 | 253 Pages | ISBN: 0521480876 | PDF | 8 MB
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.