Native American Discourse

Poetics and Rhetoric
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-33844-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 427 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture

Originally published in 1987, the aim of this book is to advance a fresh perspective on the presentation, philology, analysis, and interpretation of oral literature and verbal art. Developed through commentaries and analysis of a range of texts from Native American communities, past and present, this original approach is centered on discourse, which the contributors take as being the richest point of intersection among language, culture, society, and individual expression. In discourse, individuals draw on their own artistry at the same time as they draw on the special and unique resources of the language and culture of their communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sherzer

Sherzer, Joel

Burke, Peter

Woodbury, Anthony C.

Finnegan, Ruth H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Introduction Joel Sherzer and Anthony C. Woodbury; 2. Tonkawa poetics: John Rush buffalo's 'Coyote and Eagle's daughter' Dell Hymes; 3. Warm Springs Sahaptin narrative analysis Virginia Hymes; 4. Poetic structuring of Kuna discouse: the line Joel Sherzer; 5. Hearing a voice in an ancient test: Quiché Maya poetics in performance Dennis Tedlock; 6. Rhetorical structure in a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo traditional narrative Anthony C. Woodbury; Indices.