Native Latin American cultures : through their discourse

Author(s)

• Basso, Ellen B.
• Indiana University, Bloomington. Folklore Institute

Bibliographic Information

Native Latin American cultures : through their discourse

edited by Ellen B. Basso

（Special publications of the Folklore Institute, new series ; no. 1）

Folklore Institute, Indiana University, c1990

Note

Includes bibliographical references

"Originally published as a special issue of the Journal of forklore research, vol. 27, nos. 1 and 2 (Jan.-Aug. 1990)"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA21723484
• ISBN:
  • 1879407000
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: 176 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA20487433