Literacy, Emotion and Authority: Reading and Writing on a Polynesian Atoll

by Niko Besnier

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521485398
• ISBN13: 9780521485395
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"