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Publication details [#26066]
Watson-Gegeo, Karen Ann and Geoffrey M. White. 1990. Disentangling: Conflict discourse in Pacific societies. Stanford University Press. xiii + 505 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
The papers in this volume each focus on one specific form of conflict management activity in the context of a village-level Pacific speech community. In the described activities that merge aesthetic performance, therapy and conflict resolution and vary along a number of dimensions, women are absent as significant agents. It is argued that the language of conflict management constitutes a socially shared, agreed-to reality that publicly defines the end of the conflict.