Talking like children : language and the production of age in the Marshall Islands /

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Presented as a series of captivating stories from a village in Oceania, 'Talking Like Children' is an intimate analysis of interaction that shows how age comes to be. Children in the Marshall Islands do many things that adults do not: they walk around half naked, display food in public, an...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Berman, Elise
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Zusammenfassung:
Presented as a series of captivating stories from a village in Oceania, 'Talking Like Children' is an intimate analysis of interaction that shows how age comes to be. Children in the Marshall Islands do many things that adults do not: they walk around half naked, display food in public, and explicitly refuse to give. Although many see these behaviours as natural results of children's immaturity, the author shows that children are socialized to be different from adults - to be rude and immature. She analyzes a variety of interactions all broadly based around exchange: adoption negotiations, efforts to ask for or avoid giving food, debates about supposed child abuse. In these dramas both large and small, age differences emerge through the decisions people make, the emotions they feel, and the asymmetries they produce.
Umfang:
1 online resource (225 pages).
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2019.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Oxford studies in anthropology of language
ISBN:
0-19-087700-6
0-19-087701-4
0-19-087699-9
Schlagworte:
Intergenerational communication > Marshall Islands.
Age groups > Marshall Islands.
Exchange > Social aspects > Marshall Islands.
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