TY - BOOK AU - Besnier,Niko TI - Gossip and the everyday production of politics SN - 0824833384 AV - GN671.T88 B47 2009 U1 - 302.2242099682 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaii Press KW - Communication and culture KW - Tuvalu KW - Nukulaelae KW - Gossip KW - Political customs and rites KW - Nukulaelae (Tuvalu) KW - Politics and government KW - Social life and customs N1 - "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 --; 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 Production of Politics --; Notes --; References --; Index ER -