The talk goes outside: Argument, privacy and power in Mambila society towards a sociology of embedded praxis
In this paper the sociological implications of loud argument are considered, by taking a case study from the Mambila in Cameroon. Meetings of rotating credit societies are non-traditional forums where power and status are in dispute. These meetings contrast with both domestic arguments and with disp...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2003
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