Speaking through the silence : narratives, social conventions, and power in Java /

Speaking through the silence : narratives, social conventions, and power in Java /

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Author / Creator:	Berman, Laine.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 256 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 18 Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 18.
Subject:	Javanese language -- Usage. Javanese language -- Address, Forms of. Javanese language -- Social aspects. Speech and social status -- Indonesia -- Java. Javanese language -- Address, Forms of. Javanese language -- Social aspects. Javanese language -- Usage. Speech and social status. Indonesia -- Java.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177989

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ISBN:	1423759397 9781423759393 160256146X 9781602561465 9786610453085 661045308X 0195108884 9780195108880
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Uncovering the structures and functions of conversational narratives uttered within natural social networks, the author shows how working-class Javanese women discursively construct identity and meaning within the constraints of a hierarchical social order through silences, or the "unsaid."
Other form:	Print version: Berman, Laine. Speaking through the silence. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

Table of Contents:

A Note on Transcription Conventions and Translations; Glossary; PART I: SETTING THE SCENE; PART II: DEFINING NARRATIVES; PART III: PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS; Eight: Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.