Publications

Publication details [#51059]

Nilep, Chad. 2009. Sibling interaction and symbolic capital: Toward a theory of political micro-economy. Journal of Pragmatics 41 (9) : 1683–1692.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language use | political anthropology | power | symbol

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This article proposes the use of a political micro-economy theory to explore sibling interactions (in casu of bilingual adolescents) as identity and symbolic power expressions, tracing links between broader societal and face-to-face interactional structures.