Freedoms of Speech : Anthropological Perspectives on Language, Ethics, and Power (Studies in the Anthropology of Language, Sign, and Social Life)

Provides a sustained, empirical exploration of the variety of ways freedom of speech is lived, valued, and contested in practice. The book broadly interrogates the classic vision of a singular "Western liberal tradition" of freedom of speech, exploring its internal complexities and highlighting alternative perspectives on the relationship between speech, freedom, and constraint.