Gossip and the everyday production of politics / Niko Besnier.
Gossip and the everyday production of politics / Niko Besnier.
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Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2009.
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N302.2242/13
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English
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xiv, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Orthography and Transcription Conventions -- 1. Gossip, Hegemony, Agency -- 2. The World from a Cooking Hut -- 3. Hierarchy and Egalitarianism -- 4. Morality and the Structure of Gossip -- 5. The Twenty-Dollar Piglets -- 6. The Two Widows -- 7. Sorcery and Ambition -- 8. Gossip and the Everyday Prod...
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Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2009.
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Hawaii
Date Published
c2009.
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Summary
"Although gossip is disapproved of across the world's societies, it is a prominent feature of sociality, whose role in the construction of society and culture cannot be overestimated. In particular, gossip is central to the enactment of politics: through it people transform difference into inequality and enact or challenge power structures. Based o...
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Gossip and the everyday production of politics / Niko Besnier.
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"Published with the support of the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2009.
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N302.2242/13
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74Vvzrea3EMl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvzrea3EMl
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ISBN
0824833570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780824833381 (hard cover : alk. paper)
0824833384 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780824833572 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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302.2242099682
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991009440649702626
