Book
The world of talk on a Fijian island: an ethnography of law and communication causation
Ablex Publishing Corporation • Norwood, N.j. • Published In 1993 • Pages:
By: Arno, Andrew.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is primarily an exploration of the communication system as an instrument of social inquiry and it provides a detailed ethnographic examination of conflict management on the small island of Yanuyanu in the southern Lau group of Fiji. Focusing on the problem of conflict management in Lau society, Arno explores '…the linkage between everyday communication about conflict, through talk, and other forms of message exchange among individuals and groups, and large scale societal conflicts and the institutions that shape societal change…' (p.xix). In addition Arno combines ethnography and theory, developing in the process a theory of the relationship between conflict and communication that demands ethnography as a theoretical necessity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Conversation
- Social relationships and groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Clans
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lau Fijians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 'ethnographic present' for general information and ca. 1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- two villages on Yanuyanu Island, southern Lau group, Fiji
- NotesAdditional notes
- Andrew Arno
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-161) and indexes
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92021909
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fijians