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Eloquence in Trouble: The Poetics and Politics of Complaint in Rural Bangladesh
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Oxford University Press
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Oct 16, 2003
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9780195106886

Eloquence in Trouble: The Poetics and Politics of Complaint in Rural Bangladesh

by Wilce, James M
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Eloquence in Trouble captures the articulation of several troubled lives in Bangladesh as well as the threats to the very genres of their expression, lament in particular. The first ethnography of one of the most spoken mother tongues on earth, Bangla, this study represents a new approach to troubles talk, combining the rigor of discourse analysis with the interpretive depth of psychological anthropology. Its careful transcriptions of Bangladeshi troubles talk will disturb some readers and move others--beyond past academic discussion of personhood in South Asia.

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BrandOxford University Press
Pub dateOct 16, 2003
ISBN-100195106881
ISBN-139780195106886
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions5.9 × 0.9 × 9 in
Weight1 lb
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