Native Latin American Cultures Through Their Discourse
Published on 22. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-879407-00-8 (ISBN)
Description
"These essays, most of them in the tradition of anthropological study of folklore, expand the current boundaries of the discipline and provide additional case studies to a growing literature in discourse analysis of oral performance." -Dan Ben-Amos
Authors examine weeping, double-talk, community-building, music, myth, humor and play, and concepts of time and history in various native Latin American communities.
Authors examine weeping, double-talk, community-building, music, myth, humor and play, and concepts of time and history in various native Latin American communities.
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"These essays, most of them in the tradition of anthropological study of folklore, expand the current boundaries of the discipline and provide additional case studies to a growing literature in discourse analysis of oral performance."- Dan Ben-AmosMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
276 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-879407-00-8 (9781879407008)
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ELLEN B. BASSO is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her published work includes A Musical View of the University: Kalapalo Myth and Ritual Performances.
Content
Preface
Ellen B. Basso
Introduction: Discourse as an Integrating Concept in Anthropology and Folklore Research
Janet Wall Hendricks
Manipulating Time in an Amazonian Society: Genre and Event among the Shuar
Jane H. Hill
Weeping as a Meta-signal in a Mexicano Womans Narrative
Susan Paulson
Double-talk in the Andes: Ambiguous Discourse as a Means of Surviving Contact
John H. McDowell
The Community-building Mission of a Kamsa Ritual Language
Joel Sherzer
On Play, Joking, Humor, and Tricking in Kuna:
The Agouti Story
Jonathan D. Hill
Myth, Music, and History: Poetic Transformations of Narrative Discourse in an Amazonian Society
Ellen B. Basso
The Last Cannibal
Contributors
Ellen B. Basso
Introduction: Discourse as an Integrating Concept in Anthropology and Folklore Research
Janet Wall Hendricks
Manipulating Time in an Amazonian Society: Genre and Event among the Shuar
Jane H. Hill
Weeping as a Meta-signal in a Mexicano Womans Narrative
Susan Paulson
Double-talk in the Andes: Ambiguous Discourse as a Means of Surviving Contact
John H. McDowell
The Community-building Mission of a Kamsa Ritual Language
Joel Sherzer
On Play, Joking, Humor, and Tricking in Kuna:
The Agouti Story
Jonathan D. Hill
Myth, Music, and History: Poetic Transformations of Narrative Discourse in an Amazonian Society
Ellen B. Basso
The Last Cannibal
Contributors