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Authors : Besnier, Niko. Publisher : University of Hawaii Press.

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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 on the author's intimate ethnographic knowledge of Nukulaelae Atoll, Tuvalu, this work uses an analysis of gossip as political action to develop a holistic understanding of a number of disparate themes, including conflict, power, agency, morality, emotion, locality, belief, and gender. It brings together two methodological traditions--the microscopic analysis of unelicited interaction and the macroscopic interpretation of social practice--that are rarely wedded successfully. Drawing on a broad range of theoretical resources, Niko Besnier approaches gossip from several angles. A detailed analysis of how Nukulaelae's people structure their gossip interactions demonstrates that this structure reflects and contributes to the atoll's political ideology, which wavers between a staunch egalitarianism and a need for hierarchy. His discussion then turns to narratives of specific events in which gossip played an important role in either enacting egalitarianism or reinforcing inequality. Embedding gossip in a broad range of communicative practices enables Besnier to develop a nuanced analysis of how gossip operates, demonstrating how it allows some to gain power while others suffer because of it. Throughout, he is particularly attentive to the ways in which anthropologists themselves are the subject and object of gossip, making his work a notable contribution to reflexive social science. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics will appeal to students and scholars of political, legal, linguistic, and psychological anthropology; social science methodology; communication, conflict, gender, and globalization studies; and Pacific Islands studies.

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
ISBN-10
0824833570
ISBN-13
9780824833572
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Author
Niko Besnier
Publication Name
Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
World / Australian & Oceanian, Communication Studies, Popular Culture, Speech, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions, Oceania
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
258 Pages

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Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz

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LCCN
2009-000250
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Gn671.T88b47 2009
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An eminently readable book, both approachable and engaging, offering rich linguistic analyses embedded in the broader socio-political contexts of meaning-making in a small corner of a MIRAB nation., Compelling and ambitious. . . . A remarkable and erudite work. It will be welcomed by those who seek a model ethnography for the embedding of everyday utterances within their wider social and historical contexts, and its attention to ethical issues will be appreciated by those who are not inclined to shy away from debates surrounding the production of anthropological knowledge
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
302.2/242099682
Dewey Edition
22

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