Publications

Publication details [#47445]

Besnier, N. 1995. Literacy, Emotion and Authority. Reading and Writing on a Polynesian Atoll. Cambridge University Press. 254 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

agency | context | language and culture | language and society | literacy

Annotation

This case study of literacy in the Polynesian community of Nukulaelae, illuminates the link between norm and practice, structure and agency, and group and individual.