Native Latin American Cultures Through Their Discourse (Special Publications of the Folklore Institute) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1879407019 ISBN 13: 9781879407015

Publisher: Indiana University, Folklore Institute, 1992

Synopsis

The 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 Native Latin American Cultures through Their Discourse examines discursive practices, primarily in narrative and ceremonial texts, to reveal the relationship of language, culture, society, and the individual. The linguistic perspective of the essays is complemented by semiotic, psychological, and historical interpretations. Authors examine weeping, double-talk, community-building, music, myth, humor and play, and concepts of time and history in various native Latin American communities. The contributors are Ellen B. Basso, Janet Wall Hendricks, Jane H. Hill, Jonathan D. Hill, John H. McDowell, Susan Paulson, and Joel Sherzer.

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Review:

"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

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University, Folklore Institute
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1879407019
• ISBN 13: 9781879407015
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Basso Ellen B.