Disorderly discourse
Subtitle: narrative, conflict, & inequality
By: edited by Charles L. Briggs.
Contributors: Briggs, Charles L., 1953-
Series: Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;; 7
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Discourse analysis, Narrative.; Conversation analysis.; Conflict management.; Language and culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The co-narration of order : aesthetics, iconicity, and experiencing conflict resolution / Donald Brenneis; title: The trickster's scattered self / Ellen Basso; title: Detective stories at dinnertime / Elinor Ochs, Ruth Smith, and Carolyn Taylor; title: Embarrassment as pride : narrative resourcefulness and strategies of normativity among Cretan animal-thieves / Michael Herzfeld; title: Ideological dissonance in the American legal system / William M. O'Barr and John M. Conley; title: Consensus and dissent in U.S. legal opinions / Elizabeth Mertz; title: We want to borrow your mouth : Tzotzil marital squabbles / John B. Haviland; title: Disorderly dialogues in ritual impositions of order : the role of metapragmatics in Warao dispute mediation / Charles L. Briggs.