Literacy, Emotion And Authority: Reading And Writing On A Polynesian Atoll (studies In The Social And Cultural Foundations Of Language)
by Niko Besnier /
1995 / English / PDF
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In this study Niko Besnier analyzes the transformation of the
Polynesian community of Nukulaelae from a nonliterate into a
literate society, using a contemporary perspective that emphasizes
literacy as a social practice embedded in a socio-cultural context.
His case study, which has implications for understanding literacy
in other societies, illuminates the relationship between norm and
practice, between structure and agency, and between group and
individual.
In this study Niko Besnier analyzes the transformation of the
Polynesian community of Nukulaelae from a nonliterate into a
literate society, using a contemporary perspective that emphasizes
literacy as a social practice embedded in a socio-cultural context.
His case study, which has implications for understanding literacy
in other societies, illuminates the relationship between norm and
practice, between structure and agency, and between group and
individual.