Gossip and the everyday production of politics /
Besnier, Niko,
Gossip and the everyday production of politics / Gossip and politics Niko Besnier. - xiv, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Published with the support of the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-240) and index.
Orthography and Transcription Conventions -- Gossip, Hegemony, Agency -- The World from a Cooking Hut -- Hierarchy and Egalitarianism -- Morality and the Structure of Gossip -- The Twenty-Dollar Piglets -- The Two Widows -- Sorcery and Ambition -- Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics -- Notes -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
0824833384 9780824833381 0824833570 9780824833572
2009000250
Communication and culture--Tuvalu--Nukulaelae
Gossip--Tuvalu--Nukulaelae
Political customs and rites--Tuvalu--Nukulaelae
Nukulaelae (Tuvalu)--Politics and government
Nukulaelae (Tuvalu)--Social life and customs
GN671.T88 / B47 2009
302.2242099682
Gossip and the everyday production of politics / Gossip and politics Niko Besnier. - xiv, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Published with the support of the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-240) and index.
Orthography and Transcription Conventions -- Gossip, Hegemony, Agency -- The World from a Cooking Hut -- Hierarchy and Egalitarianism -- Morality and the Structure of Gossip -- The Twenty-Dollar Piglets -- The Two Widows -- Sorcery and Ambition -- Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics -- Notes -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
0824833384 9780824833381 0824833570 9780824833572
2009000250
Communication and culture--Tuvalu--Nukulaelae
Gossip--Tuvalu--Nukulaelae
Political customs and rites--Tuvalu--Nukulaelae
Nukulaelae (Tuvalu)--Politics and government
Nukulaelae (Tuvalu)--Social life and customs
GN671.T88 / B47 2009
302.2242099682