Disorderly discourse narrative, conflict, & inequality / edited by Charles L. Briggs.

Other author Briggs, Charles L., 1953-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press,
Description248 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesOxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 7
Contents The co-narration of order : aesthetics, iconicity, and experiencing conflict resolution / Donald Brenneis -- The trickster's scattered self / Ellen Basso -- Detective stories at dinnertime / Elinor Ochs, Ruth Smith, and Carolyn Taylor -- Embarrassment as pride : narrative resourcefulness and strategies of normativity among Cretan animal-thieves / Michael Herzfeld -- Ideological dissonance in the American legal system / William M. O'Barr and John M. Conley -- Consensus and dissent in U.S. legal opinions / Elizabeth Mertz -- We want to borrow your mouth : Tzotzil marital squabbles / John B. Haviland -- Disorderly dialogues in ritual impositions of order : the role of metapragmatics in Warao dispute mediation / Charles L. Briggs.
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LCCN 95046001
ISBN0195087763 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0195087771 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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